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If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#aids #hearing #hearing aids #i #implant

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#always #meaningful #more #seems #than

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#about #crazy #disability #i #mattered

Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I am grateful and humbled - still to this day. Next to marrying my husband and the birth of my children, it is one of the best days ever. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#am #back #best #birth #children

When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age, whether you're hot or not, whether the studio is into you or not. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#age #comes #down #fan #hot

So I had to just kind of go back to the hotel, take a shower, sit quiet, dig down deep, warm up, and allow myself to move into some kind of zone. And then I remembered that a lot of my favorite musical moments are not about perfection. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#allow #back #deep #dig #down

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#about #decisions #defence #economist #economy

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#about #ask #country #get #here

We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#africa #bringing #commitment #continent #continue

I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it may be, and let's see what the outcome is, which is why we are having this International panel which we are all talking about. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#around #bring #discuss #evidence #having