“There are enough people in the world who are going to write you off. You don't need to do that to yourself.”
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
“I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.”
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“The one's who were mean to me are now nice to me.”
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“Yes, it was scary, but every time I got a frisson of fear I tried to remember what Frank Quinn was always telling me. "Susan, believe in yourself. You are the person writing your story.”
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
“If my story means anything, it is that people are very often too quick to judge a person by the way they look or by their quirks of behavior. I may not have quite the same sense of humour as other people, but at least I do have a sense of humour, and I've needed it! As a society, we seem to have very tight restrictions on what is considered "normal.”
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
― The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story
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