Janet Mock Quotes
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment for the balance of my life. The sun will not rise, or set, without my notice, and thanks.
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If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.
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America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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Trans people are not a monolith.
