I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.
Marlee MatlinRead
I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The inability to hear led Marlee Matlin to embrace adventure and take risks, often causing concern for her parents.
In this quote, Marlee Matlin reflects on how her deafness inspired her to be bold and adventurous in life. While these traits fueled her determination and willingness to explore, they also often worried her parents, highlighting the challenges of parental concern for their children's safety and the strength found in overcoming obstacles.
Themes
AdventureDaringCourageOvercomingDeafness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about embracing challenges.
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All quotes βI'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not my dream. It's not my dream. I've been raised deaf. I'm used to the way I am. I don't want to change it. Why would I ever want to change? Because I'm used to this, I'm happy.
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It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
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The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.
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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. Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying βhiβ to everyone, whether they knew me or not.
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When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.
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