#bs

I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#find #hard #i #mantle #many

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#brady #bunch #chicago #deaf #despite

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#easy #i #just #just do it #make

I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#catastrophe #comes #control #familiar #feeling

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#rubs #sentiment #sentimentality #way #wrong

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

#content #friends #husband #i #laughter

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. ↗

— Rollo May

#absence #ahead #capacity #despair #move

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. ↗

— Theresa May

#civil #civil liberties #committed #duty #erosion

What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis. ↗

— Theresa May

#balanced #basis #believe #both #both sides

Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#being #entitles #free #like #literary