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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#assumptions #cannot #categorize #continue #individual

Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was beginning to become an angry person because of that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#angry person #because #become #before #beginning

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#big #big difference #conversation #difference #exactly

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#bands #blood #challenge #composers #drum

As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#diary #full #healthier #keep #live

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#concerts #event #everybody #feed #real

I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#deathbed #few #few people #i #just

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#cannot #five #four #may #means

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe. ↗

— Danny Glover

#choices #compromising #feel #i #i believe

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#cowards #endure #even #hardship #only