Mercedes Ruehl Quotes
Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.
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The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.
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I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.
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Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.
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For some reason, my main movie, Lady Sings the Blues, to me really isn't me. I really can let go of Diana Ross when I see the movie. I'm really objective when I'm watching it. I liked that movie so much. That movie was like magic so that when I'm looking at it I'm really not seeing myself, I'm seeing the actress. I'm seeing another person, not the me of me.
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A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear.
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If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.
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If I could read any person's mind, it would be my cat's.
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I'm my own person. I'm not a yes person. So I tell it as it is. I tell my opinions and I was always like that. So I think he likes that.
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All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
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In general, lives seem to veer abruptly from one thing to another, to jostle and bump, to squirm. A person heads in one direction, turns sharply in mid-course, stalls, drifts, starts up again. Nothing is ever known, and inevitably we come to a place quite different from the one we set out for.
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I only had a telephone conversation with [Donald Trump], whereas [Shinzō ] Abe met with him in person.
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Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
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I think the worst part is that when you know you dream another person's dream, you can never truly feel at peace. Never truly trust yourself. If you carry around somebody else's nightmare, who knows what else your insides might hide or when it might come out?
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If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.
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The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs to do. Writers, living or dead, still guide me in many ways.
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Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day.
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'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.
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Nobody moves on purpose to Detroit.
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We start to die when we no longer have the power to choose.
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I can only stand to sit in front of my computer for three or four hours a day. Otherwise it can get really soul-sucking.
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Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.
