"When I grew up, there were no teletypewriters or video calls, so I primarily interpreted phone calls. At that time, where I lived, it wasn't embarrassing to have Deaf parents; it was cool to be able to speak a different language than everyone else."

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Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Jack Jason

#Phones Quotes #Parent Quotes #Different Quotes

“Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their faith or their sexuality. Itâ€™s a pointless exercise that can never be anything but acrimonious and will only highlight unnecessary amounts of difference about things that ultimately donâ€™t really matter. Buy the steak you like, worship the god you love, neck with the people that you treasure and donâ€™t worry about the numbers.”
“It's very clear, under anyone's scenario, that it's a massive, extensive undertaking regardless of where you might ultimately draw the line as to when the nuisance is abated.”
“A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer ...”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.583, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.”
“Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.”
“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.”
“I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.”

Source : "Lisa Ling Helps Women Share Compassion Through Secrets". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 24, 2010.
“Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.”

Source : Galen Strawson (2017). “The Subject of Experience”, p.59, Oxford University Press

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