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Beth Ditto Quotes

Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.

Beth Ditto

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 19, 1981

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Myself Culture Identity Me Deep

My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came out of the church because we were very much part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. At family gatherings, the older folk had the floor, had pride of place, and it was their stories I remember.

John Edgar Wideman

Family Pride Church Remember Gossip

Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.

Andris Nelsons

Music Language You Country Beyond

I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.

Andra Day

School Singing Performance Church

In politics there are so many holes, so many contradictions, you don't know what's happening.

Matt Dillon

Politics You Know Contradictions

The word of the oldest of the old of our peoples didn't stop. It spoke the truth, saying that our feet couldn't walk alone, that our history of pain and shame was repeated and multiplied in the flesh and blood of the brothers and sisters of other lands and skies.

Subcomandante Marcos

Truth Alone History Walk Pain Feet

I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful, really.

Sigourney Weaver

School I Am People High School Think

I think - you know, I'm a guy that - I don't live on the earth just to walk it. I live on here to make a difference.

Tracy McGrady

Live Walk Think Make A Difference

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

Russell Pearce

Freedom Government People You Bad

Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet.

Mary Helen Bowers

Beautiful New York City New Ballet

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.

Lou Gramm

Me Ideas My Own Own Well Had

Reagan proved deficits don't matter.

Dick Cheney

Matter Reagan Proved Deficits

The PRI can afford to push democratization; it can afford to be generous because it has a very good chance of winning in clean elections.

Denise Dresser

Good Winning Chance Push Clean Very