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Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.

— Billy Porter

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

— Tony Kushner

Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

— Stone Gossard

For decades, my identity was political, but I've come to understand that there's no political solution when you're dealing with someone else's rules.

— John Trudell

I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.

— Maggie Williams

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

— Ken Livingstone

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

— John Podhoretz

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

— Dolly Parton

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

— Joan Kirner

✗Opposing Perspectives

I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.

— Kevin Spacey

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

— Haruki Murakami