Janet Mock Quotes

I want - no, I need - to see images of black girls and femmes twerking, slaying and primping, just as much as I need to see Symone Sanders bopping her head and Representative Maxine Waters reclaiming her time.

Janet Mock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeBlackWantNeedSeeHead

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul

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You can't go into Youngstown, Ohio, and tell everybody they're going to be retrained and go work for Google or Apple.

Michael Avenatti

WorkYouAppleGoGoogleTell

Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.

Michael Ende

RainWindFashionTreesEverything

I can honestly tell you, I can look at the things I did in high school, and I can see how they positively affect me today.

Mike Daniels

TodaySchoolMeHigh SchoolLook

I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm teaching a story by Hemingway, my endeavor is to present the story that Hemingway wrote in its fullest realization.

Joyce Carol Oates

PerspectiveStoryPresentLiterature

You want to win everything you are in.

Brian O'Driscoll

WinYouWantEverything

One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.

Phoebe Robinson

LoveHopeCrazyDramaEveryoneIdol

You're not going to win all the time.

Shannon Sharpe

TimeWinYouGoing

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

Scott Speedman

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I've been trying to learn to ski for years, but there's something about being 6-foot-5 and falling that's not appealing.

Tyler Perry

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The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians and not by entertainers. I felt I needed to grab hold of it and try and push the envelope as much as I possibly could right now.

Thomas Dolby

PushNowTryRightExperiencesHold

You find movies when you need them. They may not always be the best films, but they speak to you.

Richard Jenkins

BestSpeakYouFindMoviesNeed

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