"When I started tentatively dipping a toe into fat-positive internet spaces, I learned that reclaiming the term was the quickest and most powerful way to make it stop hurting. If you can say, "Yes, I am fat, and it's okay to be fat," then all of a sudden it doesn't hurt when someone says it to you. And it's also just a descriptor. It's like tall."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Lindy West

#Hurt Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Internet Quotes

“Trust is the great simplifier. If people in business told the truth, 80 to 90 percent of their problems would disappear.”
“All our tastes are but reminiscences.”
“When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder. Love is a great emotion, and power is power. But both love and power are based on wonder.”
“I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with our troops. Those visits are the main reason that I opposed the War in Iraq since its inception.”

Source : "Why I Support Murtha for Majority Leader" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2006.
“The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and Iâ€™ll repeat them after him. I think that would be so great because Iâ€™m so empty I just canâ€™t think of anything to say.”
“I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.”
“Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.”
“I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.”

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