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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.

Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.

The newspapers were saying, 'You have AIDS.' They actually said I was dead. I just threw myself into my work when the whispering campaign turned really ugly.

The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get.

I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.