Janet Mock Quotes

When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.

Janet Mock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 10, 1983

Topics

PeopleVoiceSeeBeginOwnChanging

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

Jeanette Winterson

HatePurposeYouNothingLesbian

We want to represent the things we believe.

Sonny Sandoval

BelieveWantThingsRepresent

I'm not making music for intelligent people or dumb people. I'm just making music for people.

Stromae

MusicPeopleDumbIntelligentJust

We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better.

Mike Quade

QualityDayEffortBetterPlayGive

Change is terrifying for people who feel immune to it by virtue of status, divine appointment, or imagined irreplaceability.

Mimi Kennedy

ChangePeopleFeelVirtueDivine

When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.

Joy Harjo

SoulYourselfPoetryCloudsThink

I think we do have cyclic changes in weather, and I think that's been throughout the course of history.

Joni Ernst

HistoryWeatherThinkChangesBeen

All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.

Christopher Darden

HellI CanSayCrimeMoreGoing

I just look at music as a retreat from organizing. It's like a tug-of-war with me. Music can be effective, but it's not any good if there isn't a grass-roots movement going on to support it.

Boots Riley

GoodMusicSupportMeLookMovement

The proudest thing I have ever done was to win the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon.

Bobby Riggs

WinDoneMixedDoublesEverThing

I'm very honest about my food background; I've never tried to pretend like I was a chef.

Antoni Porowski

FoodChefNeverPretendHonestLike

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

Pierce Brosnan

GoodMeHandsomeYouActingGo

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