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“At some point we have to stop and say, There’s Marlee, not, There’s the deaf actress.” ~ Marlee Matlin.

“I live my life like everyone else everyone has their own obstacles.

I know I cannot please everyone, and that’s fine.” ~ Marlee Matlin

“I have made the choices that work best for me.

That’s the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.” ~ Marlee Matlin

“When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me.

I’m never afraid to answer.” ~ Marlee Matlin

“I’m different, and my manner invites questions.

“Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.” ~ Marlee Matlin.

Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.” ~ Marlee Matlin

We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.” ~ Marlee Matlin Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. “You can do anything if you set your mind to it.“It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I’m not crazy about using.” ~ Marlee Matlin.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 “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.Why would I ever want to change? Because I’m used to this, I’m happy.” ~ Marlee Matlin I don’t want to wake up and suddenly say, ‘Oh my God, I can hear.’ That’s not my dream. “I’m a proud person who happens to be deaf.“Deaf people can do anything, except hear.” ~ Marlee Matlin.“The handicap of deafness is not in the ear it is in the mind.” ~ Marlee Matlin.“Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently.” ~ Marlee Matlin.