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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.
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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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I think a great athlete transcends eras.
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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 trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.
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I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.
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We passed a bill in 1997, signed by Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, which created a pilot program for a novel experiment called Florida Virtual School. The notion of children using a computer for a classroom and reporting to virtual teachers wasn't exactly mainstream thinking in those days.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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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.
