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> [Everyone's always told about politics you have to be practical, but I actually think that's not true, you actually have to hold to a dream... and desire is part of that dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/everyone-s-always-told-about-politics-you-have-to-be-practical-but-i/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

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## More by Amber Hollibaugh

> [Being respectful of extraordinary work that has happened in the last thirty-five years is not the same thing as it reflecting my values. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/being-respectful-of-extraordinary-work-that-has-happened-in-the-last/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [I think that white people are not seen as people with racial histories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/i-think-that-white-people-are-not-seen-as-people-with-racial-histories/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [Sex may be private in the way that you make love, but it's not private in the context of the world we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/sex-may-be-private-in-the-way-that-you-make-love-but-it-s-not-private/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [If you want to be backed by corporations so that you're elected mayor, then it's going to be very problematic for you to support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/if-you-want-to-be-backed-by-corporations-so-that-you-re-elected-mayor/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/i-became-a-part-of-the-civil-rights-movement-early-on-and-that-has/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [Everyone's always told about politics you have to be practical, but I actually think that's not true, you actually have to hold to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/everyone-s-always-told-about-politics-you-have-to-be-practical-but-i/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [Is it different to come out now than it was to come out thirty-five years ago? Sometimes. But if you come out now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/is-it-different-to-come-out-now-than-it-was-to-come-out-thirty-five/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [If you're a person with resources who is LGBT, you may have some problems with that - but, frankly, you'll probably have an apartment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/if-you-re-a-person-with-resources-who-is-lgbt-you-may-have-some/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/we-gain-power-in-our-refusal-to-accept-less-than-we-deserve/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [If I'm fighting for the possibility of having a kind of desire and possibility, that right now is not too likely, it gives me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/if-i-m-fighting-for-the-possibility-of-having-a-kind-of-desire-and/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [Frankly, sex work and stripping is very good if you have radical politics. You can go to meetings all night long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/frankly-sex-work-and-stripping-is-very-good-if-you-have-radical/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [I worked very hard to try and figure out what I thought and I believed that we were going to succeed and that revolutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/i-worked-very-hard-to-try-and-figure-out-what-i-thought-and-i/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [When people give up sex and give up love or they only have love in the context of tradition then I think we're missing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/when-people-give-up-sex-and-give-up-love-or-they-only-have-love-in/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [I think desire gives us - imagination - as well as actually often we pay a terrible price for it. Women are punished around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/i-think-desire-gives-us-imagination-as-well-as-actually-often-we-pay/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

> [The economy is not removed from the way you live out your private life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hollibaugh/the-economy-is-not-removed-from-the-way-you-live-out-your-private-life/)

[Amber Hollibaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hollibaugh/)

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