Beth Ditto Quotes

Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.

Beth Ditto

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TruthProgressI AmStepMeFat

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Joe Torre

SometimesQuickTriggerUmpires

My father worked for IBM. My mother raised us kids. There were six of us, and a couple of extra foster kids at any given time.

Steve Coogan

FatherMotherTimeUsExtraKids

I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.

Skylar Astin

MyselfPeopleThinkSeriouslyTake

I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.

Ronnie Wood

HomeSchoolCollegeRunBandRight

In my own upbringing, my family lacked the ability to provide a stable, nurturing environment.

Ronnie Musgrove

FamilyEnvironmentMy OwnAbility

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

Martine McCutcheon

WomanManGeniusQuestionsYouAsk

If you can have a great story that people can follow the mystery and get the suspense, and then you have those moments of tension and a splash of visual fun, then you kind of get everything. You get your money's worth.

Jason Statham

GreatMoneyFunPeopleStoryYou

When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the deep end. My first big role is in 'Starlet.'

Dree Hemingway

LiveOpportunityMyselfDeepThought

If it takes me 10 years to be the musician I want to be, great.

Demi Lovato

GreatMeWantYearsMusicianTakes

My life was very Japanese.

Bryan Clay

LifeMy LifeJapaneseVery

I was unusual looking - I didn't have the look of that time. If you look at 'Lucas' - and, basically, my first five or six movies - the characters are not described in the scripts as attractive people.

Winona Ryder

TimePeopleLookingYouLookMovies

If I was a parent or a kid, I would need a cell phone, and those things are invaluable, but my kids are out of the house now, and I am thrilled when I wake up to not have a cell phone, and feel like today is stretching out in front of me for 1,000 hours, as it seems.

Pico Iyer

TodayI AmMeCell PhoneWake Up

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