Janet Mock Quotes
For many, hair is just hair. It's something you grow, shape, adapt, adorn, and cut. But my hair has always been so much more than what's on my head. It's a marker of how free I felt in my body, how comfortable I was with myself, and how much agency I had to control my body and express myself with it.Janet Mock
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My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
Kate Smith -
I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
Tahj Mowry -
The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
Baruj Benacerraf -
Do not deprive someone of his livelihood. This is a sinful tendency.
Mahavira -
It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.
Garry Shandling -
Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
Naomi Wolf
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
Omar Bongo -
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and coming back with amazing stories. So telling stories for a living made sense to me.
Patrick J. Adams -
We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage.
Hamza Yusuf -
If someone told me, 'I'm gonna give you $600 million, but I'm going to take your hair'? Take my hair!
J. R. Smith -
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
Fatos Nano
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
Randall Jarrell -
We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.
Yishan Wong -
My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.
Ice T -
I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
Sam Brownback -
Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.
Harry Browne -
I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.
Ben Harper -
As far as stand-ups go, I always loved Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Sinbad. Basically, I love black comedians because they're the funniest. I wish I were a black comedian, actually.
Adam DeVine -
My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
Rachel Bilson -
When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman.
Hubert de Givenchy -
Hi, I'm a hero, but I can't tell you why. It's classified.
Lois McMaster -
For many, hair is just hair. It's something you grow, shape, adapt, adorn, and cut. But my hair has always been so much more than what's on my head. It's a marker of how free I felt in my body, how comfortable I was with myself, and how much agency I had to control my body and express myself with it.
Janet Mock