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> [“You don’t have to dumb it down, but you do have to sum it up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/you-don-t-have-to-dumb-it-down-but-you-do-have-to-sum-it-up/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

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> [“I say, seeking to diminish the human dignity of another whose only crime is not loving whom you would have him or her love is immoral and an offense to the indomitable determination of the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/i-say-seeking-to-diminish-the-human-dignity-of-another-whose-only/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

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## Other authors on 2009

## More by Charles M. Blow

> [America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/america-is-not-static-america-is-striving-and-sometimes-america/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/one-thing-the-gay-rights-movement-taught-the-world-is-the-importance/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/one-doesn-t-have-to-operate-with-great-malice-to-do-great-harm-the/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [Voter apathy is a civic abdication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/voter-apathy-is-a-civic-abdication/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/i-m-trying-to-illuminate-how-perilously-narrow-we-draw-the-concepts/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/different-is-not-deviant-no-matter-what-the-world-may-say-you-have/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/often-those-with-the-most-to-lose-as-a-result-of-a-poor-policy-move/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts - drawing, painting and, yes, writing - more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/i-have-always-loved-science-but-i-have-always-loved-the-arts-drawing/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [When I won my way to the international science fair, I didn't want to embarrass myself. It was the first time I was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/when-i-won-my-way-to-the-international-science-fair-i-didn-t-want-to/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/there-can-be-moments-in-your-life-where-you-may-feel-attracted-to/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/i-was-always-a-relatively-quiet-and-introspective-kid/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [An illustration is a visual editorial - it's just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/an-illustration-is-a-visual-editorial-it-s-just-as-nuanced-everything/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/i-had-set-about-trying-to-make-myself-more-polished-than-a-country/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/in-the-same-way-that-occupy-wall-street-forever-elevated-that-concept/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

> [America is a living idea. It isn't only the tenets of its founding, but also the terms of its future. Every day, we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/america-is-a-living-idea-it-isn-t-only-the-tenets-of-its-founding-but/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

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