Rachel Shenton Quotes
Inequality within the deaf and hard of hearing community is something I feel really passionate about and always will do.
Quotes to Explore
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Life is one long process of getting tired.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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I have only so many foreign-language neurons. When I learned Spanish, that displaced whatever Irish was left, and then I learned German, and that displaced the Spanish, and when I learned Serbo-Croatian, that displaced the German. So I'm a bit of a muddle.
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We could hang around for ten years and nobody would care enough to identify us. Therein lies the horror.
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I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.
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Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
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I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city.
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In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
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If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?
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They are women who are standing on their feet in spite of their circumstances, not because of it. Think of how the world can be a much better place if, for a change, we have a better equality, we have equality, we have a representation and we understand war, both from the front-line and the back-line discussion.
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Religion is usually nothing but a supplement to or even a substitute for education, and nothing is religious in the strict sense which is not a product of freedom.
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'Salam aleikum.'
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This is exactly how minds are opened: through honest, frank dialogue. Tears may be shed, but not blood.
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What does not exist must be something, or it would be meaningless to deny its existence; and hence we need the concept of being, as that which belongs even to the non-existent.
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For me, the most important things are me, myself, and my family.
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.
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Inequality within the deaf and hard of hearing community is something I feel really passionate about and always will do.
