Quotes About Awareness

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

Nothing I do is didactic. I just want to hold up a mirror and say, 'This is who we are.'

I can remember back to being 5 and looking in the mirror, feeling like a girl and wanting that. But growing up in Rochester, there were limited resources. I'd never met a trans person before.

A game is like a mirror that allows you to look at yourself.

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.

I avoid looking in the mirror.

I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.

I know more about 'Moana' and 'Coco' these days than I do about anything hip and cool like 'Black Mirror'.

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

I do know that it takes a lot to look in that mirror and fix yourself.

It's as much looking out your rear-view mirror as the windshield. You want to make sure you put your car in front of the right line. You're constantly looking behind you.

If you don't know something completely, you tend to have a misconception.

I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that only gender non-conforming, non-binary, or trans people have a gender identity. But the truth is, everyone has a gender identity.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good comes of this is not yet listening.

I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

No matter what lifestyle you choose, when it comes to eating, we should all as consumers have a choice to make informed decisions. We shouldn't be misinformed or mislead.

I like jumping around perspective. It keeps things alive and makes you realize that your personal perspective on anything is very misleading and it's real hard to get a real sense of anything.

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.

We have become used to the missiles being among us. We don't think about what they can do.

One missing child is one too many.

Executives in Hollywood are missing a lot because they don't want to watch other cultures.