Quotes About Awareness

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

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

When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

To really understand a deaf person's experience, you need someone that is deaf to be able to tell you what their experience is.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.

Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.

I really wanted to change the idea of what is possible and to show that 'deaf can' and what better place to do that than on national television?

Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.

I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.

Am I complaining about my deafness? No, I am not.

I'm just dealing with what's happening, with what is. Joy, happiness, good, bad, all those terms are meaningless to me.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.

Most of us, I think, are conscious of history swirling around outside the door, but when we're in the house, we're usually not dealing with history. We're not thinking about history.

There's no way to know exactly what someone's dealing with, no matter how open you are. You're just never going to know everything.

I want to be open about my condition to show others that they are not alone in dealing with this form of chronic hives. My advice for people with CIU is to talk to their doctor about their condition.

I feel like everyone that is in this profession deals with bullying in social media and it's sad. It's a lot of people thinking we don't see it, because we get a lot of things on social media, but at the end of the day, we see these things.

Some issues just need to be dealt with - that we're still dealing with in the world, with police brutality and racism.

I'm against bullying, I hate it because I've dealt with it.

The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.

You can't serve on every committee. But you can know what happened, what the debate was, who said what.

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.