Janet Mock Quotes

As someone who wasn't heavily supported or resourced as a young person when I was going through the hardest times of my life, I'm used to operating outside of systems. The trans movement has always been that way.

Janet Mock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMy LifeSomeonePersonYoung

I'm an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

Jimmy Carter

HeartEyesMistakesSchoolThoughts

Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social life and political representation in Washington, which doesn't really exist anymore.

Angus Deaton

LifeWorkPeopleControlPolitical

What's so wonderful about the street is it's organic music. No preservatives. There's no other reason to be out there except you just love music and want to play.

Andy Grammer

LoveMusicYouPlayWantStreet

A friend of mine once, when I was 11 years old, mentioned that there was a youth theater, a local amateur youth theater nearby where young people could go every Sunday. And that's where it began, really.

Aneurin Barnard

FriendPeopleYouthSundayGoYoung

'Homeward Bound.' I find myself listening to that tune a lot when I'm traveling. Sitting in a railway station, wanting to go home, carrying all your stuff with you.

Steven Hall

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I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

Robert Darnton

WantSoonWantedSpellBriefWorked

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Mary Shelley

LifeLightDeathMeWorldDark

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

Dolly Parton

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Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

Constantin Stanislavski

LoveArtYourself

When I was four, five, my granddad took me over to the park to play basketball. There was no way I was getting a ball into the net, but he said we stayed there until I got it in. I always remember that. He used to say to me, 'When you think you're going to do something, you won't ever stop.' I think that's the person I've been all my life.

Anne-Marie

LifeMeBasketballThinkMy Life

I don't like asking for an autograph, but I would like to take a picture with Jessica Simpson because I love her style!

Ashley Tisdale

LoveStylePictureAutographAsking

I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it was me, and then he went in and stole all of our luggage. There's always that eager beaver that wants to be a part of the team and comes off as a sticky fly.

Les Claypool

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