Quotes About Acceptance

There's just a certain fear that people have when they put meat coming out of a printer in their mouth.

Prior to the 'Chappelle's Show,' you know, no one would even listen to me, in the frame of, 'Oh, he is trying to be funny.'

You need to prioritize. If you can't get to everything or do everything, that's okay.

I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.

When you're growing up you're less happy with your body and the way you look but as I've got older it's not the number one priority anymore.

And so it became a priority for me to make sure that all Asian Canadians or Asian Americans or wherever you are, Asian Australians, felt like they belonged.

If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that.

When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.

You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.

Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?

There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known.

I knew early on that I was going to prison for the rest of my life and that there was nothing that no one was going to be able to do to help me.

I was really self conscious as a kid, I felt terrible - like a prisoner in my own body.

Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

In private school, I definitely judged myself against the lighter-skinned girls. I wanted to have different hair. I wanted to fit in. I thought that was more beautiful.

It's true that most people in the trans community don't have the incredible wealth and privilege that Caitlyn does. I don't think that, in any way, diminishes her struggle in her own transitioning.

Football is for everyone. It's not for the privileged, it's not for the few, it's not for the elite.

I've had people hate me for my appearance. I think it gets me a certain level of empathy with the audience. If I was white and handsome and privileged, I probably couldn't talk about what I talk about because people wouldn't believe that I have empathy or I could be evenhanded and objective. It's strange.

If I win the Mercury Prize, I'll be very honoured. If I don't win it, I won't have lost it. Someone else will have won it. And that will also be good.

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

Apparently I'm not a pro cyclist.

I don't think I'm a gay icon. I have no axe to grind. I mean, I'm clearly not homophobic! I'm not pro or con.