Accepting Quote by Marlee Matlin Download Open image “When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.” — Marlee Matlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accepting Deaf Young
Growing up, I didn't know that there were other deaf people out there. I thought I was the only one. — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old. — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
At one point during my childhood, I thought I was the only deaf person that walked this planet. — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world. — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event. — Lindsay Pearce Copy Share Image
I love that being deaf gives you a different perception of life. It makes you more empathetic. — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life. — I. King Jordan Copy Share Image
I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that… — Stephanie Beacham Copy Share Image
But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I'm tired of seeing listings of programs I want to watch that aren't closed captioned. And I'm tired of looking for the symbol on… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
We had a dog, Apples. He was 13 years old, toothless, blind and had the worst breath this side of Jabba the Hut. But… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way.… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams. — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I cant compare… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.… — Alan Abel Copy Share Image
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
