Laverne Cox Quotes

What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.

Laverne Cox

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TimeMeMomNameRightMiddle

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

John Perry Barlow

RelationshipPerformanceMusicians

World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love.

Steve Prefontaine

LoveLiveWorldLearnWantFirst

Confidence is contagious, but so is failure. Even the Yankees will lose if you persuade them that they will.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

FailureConfidenceYouLoseWill

Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna Karenina.' There are only so many masterpieces out there.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenDayMoreOutOnlyBooks

New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there's no hustle and bustle, no street life.

Jonny Lee Miller

LifeLiveGreatNew YorkHustle

Food makes me happy. Make me work round the clock, but just feed me first!

Deepika Padukone

WorkFoodHappyMeClockFirst

I was teased up until high school about my hair, being short, my high pitched voice, and just anything you can think of.

Chrissie Fit

SchoolHairVoiceHigh SchoolThink

I'm going to Malaysia to try and win a million dollars... how exciting is that?

Colleen Haskell

WinTryGoingExcitingMillionHow

I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.

Chuck Berry

WorkJobPlantYouLateAutomobile

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

Sharon Van Etten

PeopleMeWritingWayWriteHard

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

MyAnna Buring

LoveThinkYouFansCynicalI Think

Life learned early on to recognize itself.

Lynn Margulis

LifeEarlyRecognizeLearnedItself

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