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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 Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#does #earth #us

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

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed. ↗

— Francis Maude

#days #god-given #god-given right #great #known

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now. ↗

— Jordyn Wieber

#feeling #gold #gold medal #happiest #i

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

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

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. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#anyone #haven #henry #him #his