Lee Pearson Quotes

The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally.

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• The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.

  

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• I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

  

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• Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

  

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• I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.

  

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• It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

  

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• I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

  

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• The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.

  

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• I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.

  

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• In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

  

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• All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

  

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• Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

  

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• As a boy, I used to look at reproductions of Rembrandt's portraits... the people in his paintings were so real I felt I knew them... It is his empathy for the sitter, combined with his enjoyment and dexerity in handling paint that captured my imagination then, and is what I am striving for still.

  

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• The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally.

  

  Lee Pearson
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