Janet Mock Quotes
I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.
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The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.
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The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me.
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It's like an atomic bomb was dropped there, ... All that's there is rubble.
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Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.
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I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.
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I used to live on one candy bar a day - it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.
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We're all weirdly single, middle-aged women with too much money who look to fill the void with too much shopping.
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I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.
