"Gender has always been considered a fact immutable. But we now know it's actually more fluid, complex, and mysterious. Because of my success, I never have the courage to share my story. Not because I thought what I am is wrong but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free."

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Source : "Why I must come out". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2014.

Geena Rocero

#Wish Quotes #Stories Quotes #World Quotes

“The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.”
“Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever.”
“Expecting hell, we're ill prepared for heaven.”

Source : Shalom Auslander (2012). “Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel”, p.211, Penguin
“If you are asking for my point of view, I would say that the Palestinians should go back to Palestine.”
“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?”

Source : Alfred de Vigny (1840). “Cinq Mars (Complete)”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
“When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.”
“To reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. Such a rejection is more than a political act. It is a protest of our souls against those who would have us forget the concepts of good and evil.”
“Through a blog, an ordinary citizen such as myself can use the Internet, this thing invented by Albert Gore, to talk from my house to the U.S. capital and to make use of my right to point out to government officials and to the media when they are wrong.”

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