Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
Quotes to Explore
-
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
-
I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
-
I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
-
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
-
How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
-
My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
-
Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
-
Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
-
Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
-
Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
-
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
-
I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
-
National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
-
When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
-
Creative people are more prone to depression.
-
I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
-
I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
-
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
-
I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.
-
I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans.
-
Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands alone.
-
Do something to make your community a better place to live.
-
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
