"The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics." ― Andrew Sullivan Topic(s): Politics More From Andrew Sullivan "Al Gore’s problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He’s actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He’s much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that." "My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn’t when I started." "When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary." More In Politics "If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place."― Orison Swett Marden "The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal."― Erich Fromm "I used to love dogs until I discovered cats."― Nafisa Joseph