Quotes About Stigma

just because he was insane doesn't mean he was stupid.

Some of the colonies allowed the lepers no rights whatsoever, since Catholic doctrine decreed that people with leprosy had already died and were effectively the "living dead.

I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway.

Tanushree Dutta became Miss India as she slept her way to the top.

For me, a hoodie is like a pair of slippers or pyjamas - something comfortable and well-worn that you can wear unthinkingly. Unless, of course, you happen to be a black male.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

I think, for so long, women of different sizes have been pigeonholed, and with every campaign, it's always an adaptation of making fashion but for plus sizes. Sometimes it's in a little bit of a negative way, and plus is always a little bit slow to be fashion forward.

I don't see it as a disability. I'm just a normal person, but a bit smaller than everyone else.

Just because we're plus size, doesn't mean we have to prove that we're healthy, just as someone who is smaller than us or average size doesn't have to prove they are healthy.

Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.

If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

It's almost ingrained in people that, just like you can't be a smart model, you can't be a good-looking cook.

I grew up in a different era. People were definitely afraid of HIV back then, but education also helped change the way we thought about the disease. That education helped my generation make smarter choices about the way we protected ourselves.

I know of a few actors who have Psoriasis but stay mum about it. I don't respond to those who do. I just smile and move on.

I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.

Now I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker.

If you said, 'I'm giving up smoking,' people would put on a parade. If you said, 'I'm going to eat more healthily,' people would say, 'Good for you.' If it's drinking, the first reaction is, 'That's so boring. You're going to be so boring.'

I think snakes are misunderstood. Everyone is scared of them. I can really relate to them.

Mental illness is just like any other injury - you just don't see it but it's the same in the sense that things don't just heal overnight, or with the snap of a finger.

People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.

There's a real kind of snobbery in the U.K. about horror films.

People think I'm Snow White... the most boring person in the world!

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill.

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so.