Marlee Matlin Quotes

We aren't handicapped in any way except by what other people think. Focus on people's abilities. I can't be on 'American Idol,' but there's all kinds of stuff I can do.

Marlee Matlin

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• I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • Friend
  • Football
  • Dying

• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Day
  • Always
  • Start

• Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Good
  • Black

• I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • House
  • Know

• The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • More
  • Communism
  • Crusade

• Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Myself
  • Write
  • Down

• Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • You
  • Government
  • Mean

• There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Great
  • Tradition
  • Kings

• I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Like

• I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • Hands
  • Mountain
  • Kitchen

• A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Spirit
  • Audience
  • Enthusiasm

• If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Great
  • School
  • Help

• I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Up
  • Country
  • Experience

• I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • House
  • Ever
  • Transfer

• I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • Mean
  • Friendship
  • Outside

• I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Dad
  • Actor
  • Problems

• I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his own style and I have my own style, but it's a shared thing. Same thing with my grandfather; he was really into his style, so it's just sort of been passed down, I think.

  

  Patrick Schwarzenegger
  • Dad
  • Fashion
  • Style

• People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • People
  • Appreciate
  • Follow

• Virgin Galactic, which will be operating SpaceShipTwo, will be only one of several spacelines. The competitors for Virgin include the Russians, Bezos's Blue Origin, and possibly Rocketplane Kistler. And likely a couple of others who are smart enough not to tell people what they are doing!

  

  Burt Rutan
  • People
  • Couple
  • Smart

• Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded, how they're accounted for, and how they're financed, like any other financial instrument, if done properly.

  

  James Chanos
  • Done
  • Evil
  • Financial

• I think a person has to just be herself.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • Think
  • Just
  • Just Be

• YouTube's algorithm doesn't know what's going on in the world.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • World

• I've met some smart people doing security work in the government, and they're starting to reach out to a broader audience, which I think is a good thing.

  

  Jeff Moss
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• We aren't handicapped in any way except by what other people think. Focus on people's abilities. I can't be on 'American Idol,' but there's all kinds of stuff I can do.

  

  Marlee Matlin
  • People
  • American
  • Focus