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title: "3 Closets Quotes By Kirby Dick"
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> [What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/what-i-really-hope-for-ultimately-is-that-the-closet-will-be-a-non/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/kirby-dick-48218_american-politics_what-i-really-hope-for-ultimately-is-tha_178047.jpg)

> [The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/the-upside-of-being-in-the-closet-is-that-you-develop-skills-of/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/kirby-dick-48218_bigs_the-upside-of-being-in-the-closet-is-tha_468857.jpg)

> [The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/the-closet-exists-because-people-don-t-talk-about-it-so-that-people/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/kirby-dick-48218_calculations_the-closet-exists-because-people-don-t-t_1598409.jpg)

## Other authors on Closets

## More by Kirby Dick

> [What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/what-i-really-hope-for-ultimately-is-that-the-closet-will-be-a-non/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/the-upside-of-being-in-the-closet-is-that-you-develop-skills-of/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/the-closet-exists-because-people-don-t-talk-about-it-so-that-people/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [What I don't understand is how a policy against outing trumps a policy of reporting. Whenever you're reporting on hypocrisy, you're kind of 'outing'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/what-i-don-t-understand-is-how-a-policy-against-outing-trumps-a/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [Sometimes there's kind of an "ick" factor around talking about anything about gay sexuality, for certain readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/sometimes-there-s-kind-of-an-ick-factor-around-talking-about-anything/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [There's a whole gay culture in DC, and there are as many gay Republicans as there are gay Democrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/there-s-a-whole-gay-culture-in-dc-and-there-are-as-many-gay/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/people-in-new-york-la-san-francisco-they-scratch-their-head-at-the/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

> [I do think there are very few extreme right-wing gay Republicans. Although it depends how you define "extreme right-wing." They're making a political calculation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-dick/i-do-think-there-are-very-few-extreme-right-wing-gay-republicans/)

[Kirby Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-dick/)

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