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1 " Show me an activist who is so overwhelmed by darkness that they can't feel joy, and I'll show you a useless activist. Grief and anger are powerful motivators. In our case, the sparked a movement and helped it grow. But it was sustained by a desperate need for community, happiness, and love. "
― Peter Staley , Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism
2 " Being a spokesperson for a movement is a tricky thing. Being one for a movement that bills itself as leaderless in even trickier. Do it badly, and you'll squander a major opportunity for the movement, and get skewered within the group. Do it well, and you'll be asked to do it again and again, and then resented for it, especially if you enjoy it like I did. And you will deserve the resentment when, like me, you were young and cocky and still lacking the political maturity to share the limelight with less represented members of your AIDS community. 110 "
