Speaker 1

1. “Nature made a mistake, which I have corrected.” -Christine Jorgensen
2. “We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That’s OK.” -Laverne Cox
3. “We have the power to create our own reality. Dream it, Think It, Say It, Do It." —Twiggy Pucci Garçon

Speaker 2

1. “We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” - Sylvia Rivera
2. “Don’t wait until tomorrow to make your art. Be creative with your whole self, right now.”—SJ Sindu
3. “When you are doing something that is right, you just do it and take care … Someone has to do this.” – Alice Nkom

Speaker 3

1. “How can people change their minds about us if they don’t know who we are?” - Harvey Milk
2. “Everything about us, about you, is a revolution” - Wulf Roby
3. “I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act.” - Janet Mock

Speaker 4

1. “There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.” - Larry Kramer
2. “A long time ago I asked myself, ‘Do I want to be right, or do I want to be kind?’. I opted for kind.” - Jane Lynch
3. “I believe that no one should ever have to choose between a career we love and living our lives with authenticity and integrity.” - Selisse Berry

Speaker 5

1. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis
2. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” —Billie Jean King
3. “To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.” —Bayard Rustin

Speaker 6

1. ‘’Between the ocean and the mountain is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.’’- Maia Kobabe ‘
2. "You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.’’ - Marsha P. Johnson
3. “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” - William S. Burroughs

Speaker 7

1. “If there's a god, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.”- Suzy Izzard
2. “You sometimes don’t know you exist until you realize someone like you existed before.”- George M. Johnson
3. “Imagine plants are kind of like people. Tell a person what to do and they will grow, but tell them they’re beautiful and they will blossom.”- Kalynn Bayron

Speaker 1

1. “The thing about the old days…They the old days.” - Slim Charles, The Wire 
2. “I’m against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.”- Mitch Hedberg 
3. “You and I can both get jobs and finally see what it means to be living.”- Tracy Chapman

Speaker 2

1. “Tomorrow I can be on time, but you’ll be stupid forever.”- Ralph Cifaretto, The Sopranos 
2. “When dice are in the air, the gambler has hope. And hope is a wonderful thing to be addicted to.” - Norm MacDonald 
3. “Yes I’m in need of something, but it’s something you ain’t got.” - David Allan Coe

Speaker 3

1. “People’s lives don’t end when they die. It ends when they lose faith.” - Itachi Uchiha, Naruto
2. “Funny is only something that others know about you. You can't be funny by yourself.”- Chris Rock  
3. “And the last thing I needed was someone messing up my mind.”- Merle Haggard

Speaker 4

1. “If I say, “I’m doing shitty,” then they say, “Why? What’s wrong?” And I have to be like, “I don’t know, all of it?”- Bojack Horseman, Free Churro
2. "Dorks are not exempt from bad behavior"- Pete Holmes
3. “I’ve always been crazy, but it’s kept me from going insane.”- Waylon Jennings

Speaker 5

1. “We can’t sacrifice anyone for the greater good because we ARE the greater good.” - Rick Grimes, The Walking Dead 
2. “When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.” - Rodney Dangerfield 
3. “I don’t believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.” - Don Williams 

Speaker 6

1. “It’s less about learning new things and more about letting go of old things.” -Liza Miller, Younger  
2. “Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.” - Doug Stanhope 
3. “I’m tired of runnin’ round looking for answers to questions that I already know.”- Blaze Foley

Speaker 7

1. “I think when nowhere feels like home, you just retreat into yourself.” Ali Wong- Beef 
2. “All great comedians make me laugh, but people make me laugh more.”- Louie Anderson 
3. “I’m alright with a slow burn.”- Kacey Musgraves

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