Mentally Handicapped Quotes

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

Kenzaburo Oe

Children, Firsts, Married

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Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.

Scott Adams

Children, Reason, Dilbert

"'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams draws feminist outrage" by Jeff Labrecque, www.ew.com. March 30, 2011.

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In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.

Henri Nouwen

Poverty, Handicapped

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

Steig Larsson

Ideas, Handicapped, No Idea

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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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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.

Scott Adams

Years, Guy, Important

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Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic.

Andy Dick

Christian, People, Goes On

"Andy Dick Finds God the Hard Way". Beliefnet Interview, www.beliefnet.com. May, 2003.

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One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours.

Alex Kingston

Parent, World, Rooms

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