Marlee Matlin Quotes
I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Understand that the time in the audition is your time. Really own it and take control of it. And do what you prepared. Focus on really executing what it is that you intended to do.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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Remember: You are the common denominator in all your relationship problems. Wherever you go, your pesky repeated issues go - until you shed a blazing light of insight upon them.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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I got roped into Twitter. I actually quite enjoy it! But I don't go on as often as some.
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I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.
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I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.
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I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.
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People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world.
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I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.
