#ch

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

— Marlee Matlin

#about #crazy #disability #i #mattered

Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#extravagant #four #large #living #modestly

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

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#entertaining #half #i #more #much

The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#best #child #comes #feeling #head

The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#becomes #cannot #control #hearing #hearing aids

There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#deaf #door #even #foot #get

Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#deaf #denzel #denzel washington #dumb #get

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#any #before #charges #day #deceased

Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime. ↗

— Francis Maude

#crime #cutting #failing #our #party