Janet Mock Quotes
One of the most difficult parts of 'The Trans List' was coming up with a list of 11 people. For me, what was important was to ensure that we were as diverse as possible across a lot of different intersections.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I try my damnedest to quirk up anything that I'm in.
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Other people's lives are affected by how you are treating yourself and the way in which you are performing.
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What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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I believe that if we had would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own.
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One of the most difficult parts of 'The Trans List' was coming up with a list of 11 people. For me, what was important was to ensure that we were as diverse as possible across a lot of different intersections.
