Janet Mock Quotes
One musical that deeply influenced me - and continues to do so - is the 1997 ABC TV movie of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella,' starring Brandy, with Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother and Whoopi Goldberg as the prince's mom.
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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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I love to smile.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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Our lives are in God's hands. We have no control. We can't control Him by using the Bible or cross as a good luck charm without a thorough reformation of heart and life.
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I always wanted to be an ambassador.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'
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Well, unless you've suffered from panic attacks and social anxiety disorders, which is what I was diagnosed as having, it's hard to explain it. But you go on stage knowing you're actually physically going to die. You will keel over and die.
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Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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One musical that deeply influenced me - and continues to do so - is the 1997 ABC TV movie of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella,' starring Brandy, with Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother and Whoopi Goldberg as the prince's mom.
