Marlee Matlin Quotes

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• Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently.

  Marlee Matlin

  Individual Differences, People, Effort

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• The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

  Marlee Matlin

  Mind, Ears, Deafness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

  Marlee Matlin

  People, Deaf, Gallaudet

  "Pam's House Blend mini-interview with Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin". Interview with Pam Spaulding, shadowproof.com. March 24, 2007.

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• I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.

  Marlee Matlin

  Dream, People, Inspire

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• I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not my dream. It's not my dream. I've been raised deaf. I'm used to the way I am. I don't want to change it. Why would I ever want to change? Because I'm used to this, I'm happy.

  Marlee Matlin

  Dream, Proud Person, Want

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• It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

  Marlee Matlin

  Crazy, Autism, Madness

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• You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.

  Marlee Matlin

  Dream, Believe, School

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• Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.

  Marlee Matlin

  Silence, World, Lasts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of The Brady Bunch. Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying “hi” to everyone, whether they knew me or not.

  Marlee Matlin

  Girl, Growing Up, Long

  "My Father’s Chutzpah" by Marlee Matlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 17, 2011.

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• I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.

  Marlee Matlin

  Different, Answers, Invites

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• I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

  Marlee Matlin

  Obstacles, Living My Life, Deafness

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• When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.

  Marlee Matlin

  Kids, Use, World

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• I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

  Marlee Matlin

  Choices, Made, Fine

  "Interview with Marlee Matlin Actress and Academy Award Winner". Interview with Doug Beck, www.audiologyonline.com. October 18, 2004.

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• Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.

  Marlee Matlin

  Children, Four, Oscars

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• At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

  Marlee Matlin

  Actresses, Deaf

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• There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door.

  Marlee Matlin

  Doors, Feet, People

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• Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.

  Marlee Matlin

  Stupid, Names, People

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• I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.

  Marlee Matlin

  Winning, Oscars, Deaf

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• I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.

  Marlee Matlin

  Limitation

  "Marlee Matlin to Be Honored at Convention". leader.pubs.asha.org. October 1, 2001.

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• At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.

  Marlee Matlin

  Children, The End Of The Day, Ends

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• All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards shows for years and it's been hilarious. Everyone is always asking me what the bleeped-out parts are saying.

  Marlee Matlin

  Baseball, Stars, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.

  Marlee Matlin

  Missing, Isolation, Deaf

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• It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.

  Marlee Matlin

  Meaningful, Transition, Trends

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• Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it.

  Marlee Matlin

  Tunes, Body, Way

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• I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.

  Marlee Matlin

  Hard Work, Overcoming, Obstacles

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