Handicapped Quotes - Page 2

• I speak of God's love and grace and redemption and freedom, but when I say "in the context of this community," it is heard differently. To be with people so obviously broken, so obviously handicapped, and here to discover real joy and peace - that makes the Word of God come alive.

  Henri Nouwen

  Real, Broken, People

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!

  Kim Peek

  Our World, Differences, Different

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• I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.

  Edgard Varese

  Writing, Men, Adequate

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• The serious person becomes handicapped, he creates barriers. He cannot dance, he cannot sing, he cannot celebrate. The very dimension of celebration disappears from his life. He becomes desert-like. And if you are a desert, you can go on thinking and pretending that you are religious but you are not.

  Rajneesh

  Religious, Thinking, Serious Person

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• Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Honor, Poor

  Naguib Mahfouz (2013). “Cairo Modern: An Egyptian Novel”, p.92, The American University in Cairo Press

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• The members - mentally handicapped people who are marginal in society and not useful in an economic sense - welcomed me into their lives. And I was loved, not because of what s doing but because of who I was.

  Henri Nouwen

  People, Economic, Members

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• There is no reason to not trust your process, no reason to get frustrated, no reason to criticize, or judge others, nothing wrong with getting old, or not being able to get pregnant, or being handicapped, or being short or tall or gay, or injured, or divorced or married to an idiot, or with Christianity or Judaism or Islam, or indigenous beliefs, or pollution, crime, war, Bush, etc. When this understanding grows, we realize where we're at now is just as perfect as wherever we could possibly get to.

  Bryan Kest

  War, Gay, Perfect

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• Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.

  Jack Black

  Comedian, Looks, Faces

  "Jack Black: On Music, Mayhem And Murder". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. April 23, 2012.

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• Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but okay to go the bathroom in a handicapped stall?

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Space, Parks, Bathroom

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• And for all of you at home, you are all welcome to visit my store. You are also welcome to park off you motherparking parks, and go park yourself. But remember, don't park in a handicapped spot.

  Carlos Mencia

  Home, Parks, Welcome

  "Mind of Mencia". Sketch-comedy Series, 2005-2008.

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• As you walk, hop, hobble, or wheel Meeting people of different kinds, Remember that being handicapped Is only a state of mind

  Stephen Cosgrove

  People, Mind, Different

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• I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Government, Two

  "Rand Paul Says He Has A Tea Party 'Mandate'". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. May 19, 2010.

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• How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

  Dave Grohl

  Space, Car, Dashboards

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• Men are handicapped when it comes to arguing, 'cause we have a need to make sense.

  Chris Rock

  Men, Needs, Causes

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• A handicapped person is a human being with the same heart as anyone else. It's not a misfortune if you can't hear-it's just an inconvenience.

  Aya Kito

  Heart, Inconvenience, Humans

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• But there is no equality of opportunity under existing laws and customs. In the race for wealth, which the economist seems as unable to define as to guide, the toiler is most heavily handicapped in the very start.

  Joshua K. Ingalls

  Opportunity, Race, Law

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• It is misleading to discuss recent changes in family life without emphasizing the fact that for generations some Americans have had to raise children under particularly appalling pressures. Although much of what is worrying American parents is shared by them all, the most grievous problems are those that especially afflict a large minority--the poor, the nonwhite and, in various ways, the parents of handicapped children.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Children, Worry, Parent

  Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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• Confronted with the unhappy facts of exclusion, we sometimes reassure ourselves by telling stories: the poor boys who made it, theblacks who became a "credit to their race," the women elected to high office, the handicapped who made "useful contributions" to our society.... Just as we believe in the self-sufficient family, we also believe that any child with enough grit and ability can escape poverty and make a rewarding life. But these stories and beliefs clearly reflect the exceptions.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Children, Believe, Boys

  Kenneth Keniston (1977). “All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure”, Harcourt on Demand

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• As a writer, I must be free to say what is in all the diversity I can command. I regret the distorting prejudices that surround me, whether they affect homosexuals or men or the physically handicapped and I can't alone defeat them. They will not defeat me, either as a lesbian or a writer.

  Jane Rule

  Regret, Men, Diversity

  FaceBook post by Jane Rule from Jun 30, 2015

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• I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These are my constant concerns.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Three, Prayerful

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• Dodge City is one town where the average bad man of the West not only finds his equal, but finds himself badly handicapped.

  Andy Adams

  Men, Average, Cities

  Andy Adams (2013). “Complete Western Collection”, p.99, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There was both love and despair in his voice. He was truly handicapped when it came to emotions, and falling in love hadn't changed that.

  J.R. Ward

  Falling In Love, Voice, Despair

  J.R. Ward (2011). “Lover Unleashed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.141, Penguin

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• ...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.

  Steig Larsson

  Ideas, No Idea, Ifs

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• Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  People, Needs, Need God

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• Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who felt the anguish of the poor. He was an orator of excellence who spoke for the voiceless. He was a son of Harvard who reached out to the sons and daughters of Appalachia. He was a man of special grace who had a special care for the retarded and handicapped. He was a hero of war who fought hardest for peace. He said and proved in word and deed that one man can make a difference.

  Edward Kennedy

  Daughter, War, Hero

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