Jazz Jennings Quotes

Being transgender isn't a medical transition. It's a process of learning to love yourself for who you are.

Jazz Jennings

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LoveLearningYourselfMedicalYou

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

Andrew Motion

GreatTimePoetryTryingWayEvents

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

Andrea Thompson

ForgivenessCompassionThinkLearn

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

John Jay Chapman

GoodGovernmentVirtueOutcome

In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house - I should run into it.

Tony Danza

HouseRunOutEarthquakeShould

Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.

Rosalind Wiseman

PowerThinkBehaviorMomentsYou

However, further research has shown that it is the normal condition for humans and for most other mammals. It seems pretty clear why this is the case for most mammals and for most human beings.

Marvin Harris

ResearchWhyHumanNormalPretty

But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose.

Michael Newdow

AmericaYouLoseAtheist

Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.

Corliss Lamont

NeverHumanMovementActionsFront

The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it.

Bob Livingston

WarVietnam WarVietnamHappening

It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.

Anne Tyler

LifeGoodMeCelebrateMysteryUp

And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.

Anne Boleyn

MeWorldYouDesireLeaveTake

I love 'Maxim,' actually. It's very cool.

Pierce Brosnan

LoveCoolMaximVeryActually

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