Quotes About Stigma

Growing up, the main thing I was ashamed of was my voice. It is very effeminate.

An actor is an actor. There should be no labelling - mainstream actor, art film actor, serious actor, comic actor.

People tend to think of psychopaths as criminals. In fact, the majority of psychopaths aren't criminal.

Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?

It was a mistake not to marry at the right age. When you get older, even men aren't interested in you.

The martial arts genre a lot of times has been relegated to B-level action.

Perhaps she was a little mad, but then old women often were.

She thought briefly of one police force in a neighboring state, some years back, which without a second thought had for many years classified people murdered in its jurisdiction as "male victim," "female victim," and "prostitute.

Today when Republicans who are black, Hispanic, or Native American expose Democratic chicanery, they are routinely denounced—not just by Democrats but also by their allies in the press—as sellouts and, in the case of African Americans, "Uncle Toms.

Angie was a border crosser, a wetback, a worker in the immigrant sweatshop they call this city. On days like this I understand her like a woman instead of a child. Everybody thought she was a whore. She wasn't. She tried to step across the border of who she was and who she might be. They wouldn't let her. She didn't believe it herself so she stepped across into a whole other country.

Violate conventions and you are marked as an outsider. A rude outsider, at that.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

If I thought my kid was a bastard I would sure the fuck name him something else.

And the daughter . Bit of a social failure. Well, that's putting it delicately. Quite overweight. Collects the cats, if you know what I mean.

Psychology is a terrible a word.

schoolchildren. Plus he has erectile dysfunction.

We need to reclaim that word. And pussy, too. Why is calling someone a pussy equal to calling them weak? Pussies can take any penis you throw at them, pump out babies, and last a lifetime without needing erectile dysfunction pills. They're tough and resilient and provide pleasure for those who own them and those who want to use them. We need to take pussy back. It should be a compliment. Someone is brave or strong, they should be called a pussy.

So long as you drank publicly, not secretly, you weren't a drunk.

Beber en casa era de alcohólicos. Siempre que uno bebiera públicamente, sin ocultarse, no era un borracho. Y de ahí los bares. Muchos, muchos bares.

If you act too young, people say you're going through your second childhood. If you act too old, they think you're getting senile and smother you with kindness.

All at once, I went from successful social justice activist, to unemployed racist.

In the stores downtown we're always followed around just because we're brown.

I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son.