Nicole Maines (Nicole Amber Maines) Quotes

Now that we've seen broader representation of trans identities, I think it's safer to explore the fault in these trans characters and make them entirely human and three dimensional.

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• I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Girl
  • Bike
  • Fighter

• Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.

  

  LaMarr Woodley
  • Money
  • History
  • Guy

• Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Violence
  • Practice

• The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.

  

  Sam Houston
  • Experience
  • Proud
  • Discipline

• People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • People
  • Up
  • Power

• You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • God
  • Education
  • Relationship

• Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Career
  • Team
  • Responsibility

• In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Life
  • Time
  • Future

• We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.

  

  Edith Stein
  • God
  • Nature
  • Desire

• Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'

  

  Matt Bomer
  • Men
  • She
  • Single

• When people dont know exactly what depression is, they can be judgmental.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Depression

• Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

  

  James Patterson
  • Pretty
  • Amazing
  • Military

• I have restaurants, bookshops... but it's not an empire, more... a puzzle. If it were an empire, all my restaurants would be the same.

  

  Alain Ducasse

• One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents need to encourage their kids, and it all starts in the home.

  

  Bill Rancic
  • Important
  • Home
  • Kids

• Side note: When I dressed up like Harley Quinn on TV a long time ago, everyone was like, 'Who is that?' And now she's got an entire merchandise line.

  

  AJ Lee
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.

  

  Bob Woodward

• My mandate to myself since I've been involved in these movies was 'make every single movie different, so there's never 'X-Men' fatigue.'

  

  Lauren Shuler Donner
  • Men
  • Different
  • Movie

• Everything we produce and consume has an impact on the environment, on social fabrics, and on the economy. This impact can be positive or negative and, frequently, some combination of the two.

  

  Arancha Gonzalez
  • Environment
  • Positive

• My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

  

  Jessica Hagedorn
  • Imagination
  • Identity
  • Grandmother

• When I was a kid, I thought I would be an action-movie hero. I was like, "They're gonna be able to CGI my legs by that point." And then I realized that it was probably better if I stayed a little closer to who I actually am rather than trying to be Bruce Willis.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Trying
  • Kids
  • Movie

• I have this desire to just while away weeks, months and years. It took me two years to make this record but that was with me trying to condense my process and not disappear down the rabbit hole with all the cool things I've collected. I could take 10 years and not explore everything I want to with these instruments.

  

  Gotye
  • Trying
  • Desire
  • Cool

• When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

  

  Jonathan Groff
  • Focus
  • Listening

• Now that we've seen broader representation of trans identities, I think it's safer to explore the fault in these trans characters and make them entirely human and three dimensional.

  

  Nicole Maines
  • Explore
  • Trans
  • Identities