Kate Bornstein Quotes
Let's stop 'tolerating' or 'accepting' difference, as if we're so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let's celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different.

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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
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It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism.
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I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.
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Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they'll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?
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Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?
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Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.
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I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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I can't form a total picture of things. Because I'm not her.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
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I was a fan as well, and I knew it would be a difficult task to come into '24.'
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I never had tons of friends on tour. I was quiet and went about my business.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.
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I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with.
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Let's stop 'tolerating' or 'accepting' difference, as if we're so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let's celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different.