Janet Mock Quotes

'Pretty' is most often synonymous with being thin, white, able-bodied, and cis, and the closer you are to those ideals, the more often you will be labeled pretty - and benefit from that prettiness.

Janet Mock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

YouWhiteWillMorePrettyBeing

'Kris Kringle' is a holiday musical for a new generation - a gorgeous score paired with a heartwarming tale of family and forgiveness.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

FamilyForgivenessGenerationHoliday

I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story.

John McGahern

GreatTimeStoryThinkYouYoung

My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is now Belize.

John Hurt

FatherTimeMissionNowBritishHe

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

Steve Lacy

PeopleReachTryingYouNewUp

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Althea Gibson

GoodChampionCrownYouEatWell

In golf, a wedge issue means just that: You can't hit your sand wedge, or your lob wedge needs to be regrooved. In politics, a wedge issue is more serious still: It's one that splits the electorate, dividing voters along ideological fault lines.

Steve Rushin

PoliticsGolfSandYouSeriousMore

I show off - I'm a very good show off. It's what I do, it's what I'm good at.

Robbie Williams

GoodShow OffShowOffVery

I love to make pies - pot pies, quiches, savory tarts, fruit pies. I use an old-fashioned pastry blender with wires and a wooden handle. I never use a recipe.

Ruth Reichl

LoveFruitNeverRecipeHandlePot

I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a break-up song, but, for me, it's about somebody who comes into your life and really touches you - be they a friend, a family member or someone you're in a relationship with.

Jordin Sparks

LifeFamilyFriendRelationshipSong

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.

Jon Porter

WorkCollegeLawMedicineDebt

A chance to work with the guys from Isis sounded like a lot of fun. I've always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs.

Chino Moreno

WorkFunChanceProjectAlwaysWell

It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of people.

Brad Feld

PeopleSomeoneTryingIntroduction

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