"My mother said to me, 'Why do you……" — Lea DeLaria

My mother said to me, 'Why do you have to call yourself… - Lea DeLaria

"My mother said to me, 'Why do you have to call yourself a dyke? Why can't you be a nice lesbian?' 'Because I'm not a nice lesbian, I'm a big dyke.'"

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13 Quotes by Lea DeLaria

Lea DeLaria has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.
It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery…
Never point at anything beige and call it cool.
Learn all the rules... then break them.
It's not that I don't like penises. I just don't like them on men.
No one has the responsibility to be out to anyone but himself or herself. I made my choice a million…
A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most…
What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.
As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian,…
I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he…
I tend to like very bitchy women. I find myself most attracted to smart, sarcastic, bitchy women.
They say they're preserving 'the sanctity of marriage' which means that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years…

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I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream… — Neil Armstrong
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was,… — Darren Aronofsky
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see… — Diane Ackerman
I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some… — Michelle Bachelet
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs… — Michele Bachmann
I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann

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