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I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.

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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.

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I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

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I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.

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I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

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Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.

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Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it.

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My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

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Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.

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Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 10th, 1928

Died: May 8th, 2012

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