Disability is as visual as race. If a wheelchair user can't play Beyonce, then Beyonce can't play a wheelchair user.
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Everyone loves Beyonce. If you don't love Beyonce, we can't talk.
ZENDAYA My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't a...
STELLA YOUNG As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invit...
STELLA YOUNG As a wheelchair user, you can't move about freely. That's the only thing that bothers me a l...
WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her.
VERNE TROYER You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away.
STEPHEN HAWKING You can't play having a mental disability. You have to play whatever that person's truth is ...
RACHEL KELLER If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don'...
MARK ZUPAN I know that it had to be a crack (cocaine) user, because who else would mess with an electric wheelc...
GARY BESONG If you don't like Beyonce, then it's hard for me to trust you. It's like not liking worl...
SEINABO SEY I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather d...
FELIX BAUMGARTNER The flaw can be exploited if the user opens a wrong file or goes to a wrong Web site. Then the attac...
MARC MAIFFRET The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast...
DANIEL J. BERNSTEIN I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the ...
RICHARD AVEDON For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
ANNETTE FUNICELLO I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her.
FLO RIDA I am making everything wheelchair accessible, ... I have a shower that you can roll a wheelchair int...
ANGELA MOORE We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure ...
PAT WILLIAMS If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is ...
JOHN MADDEN If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
PATRICK CARNEY Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your hou...
JERRY LEWIS Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.
AARON NEVILLE If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.
CHRISTOPHER CROSS I can't play a slave.
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoverie...
STEPHEN HAWKING I can play a cat lady. I can't put my foot down and refuse to play anything but playing the perf...
SARAH BAKER Fear! is the biggest disability of all. It will paralyze you more than you being in a wheelchair.
NICK VUJICIC As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth.
LIONEL FERBOS I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't...
LULU Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things...
LARRY FLYNT I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They h...
PATTI LABELLE Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you h...
EDDIE VAN HALEN Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I ...
EMILY RIOS I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competit...
OSCAR ROBERTSON A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, ...
MIKE NICHOLS I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem ...
WARWICK DAVIS The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
ZARA LARSSON You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of...
SHEMAR MOORE I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They ca...
ANNA FRIEL When I got home from hospital, and I was in a wheelchair in a plaster body cast, an aeroplane flew o...
JANINE SHEPHERD How do you try to play 'Captain Hook' better than, or as well as, Dustin Hoffman? You can...
COLIN O'DONOGHUE I don't really have a favorite pop artist - I just listen to some pop songs here and there. Most...
LILLA CRAWFORD You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play ...
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY I'm not a big Beyonce girl, but I love Rihanna.
CHELSEA LEYLAND I can't play a character that I am judging.
RACHELLE LEFEVRE I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything ...
ALAN LADD I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I...
DAN HILL I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that...
DOLLY PARTON I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
JEFF BEZOS Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Divided because each user is forbidden to red...
RICHARD STALLMAN You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
IRENE ROSENFELD I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a kn...
TILMAN J. FERTITTA I've always been an eccentric, a rocker at heart. I can't play the guitar, but I can play th...
GUY FIERI You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in k...
WILLIE STARGELL I learned a lot from Rudimental's live set. It's all about good feelings, good vibes and a g...
ELLA EYRE If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.
COUNT BASIE And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS What will happen if you can't say that this wasn't a film?
DEYTH BANGER The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an em...
STELLA YOUNG I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you ca...
MALIK JACKSON If nobody trusts you as president, then you can't get anything done.
ROBERT DALLEK People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is becau...
CHARLIE WATTS In America access is always about architecture and never about human beings. Among Israelis and Pale...
JOHN HOCKENBERRY Search occupies this wonderful moment in a user's day where it doesn't even really break alo...
MARISSA MAYER Frankie Muniz is amazing at everything he does. Many people don't know that he can play the pian...
SAMAIRE ARMSTRONG I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.
JOANNA NEWSOM If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us.
LAWRENCE WELK I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't pl...
DJ JAZZY JEFF I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole...
BROOKS ROBINSON I quickly learned that asking if an interview space was wheelchair accessible was a bad idea; it gav...
STELLA YOUNG As a community, we're fighting for Asians to play Asian roles. And then there's the other ba...
ROSS BUTLER I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, d...
AVA DUVERNAY Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovabl...
JULIE KAVNER I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce...
CHARICE PEMPENGCO I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I...
RYAN GOSLING The only way I get a leading role in a studio picture is if Ryan Gosling can't play it, which is...
DAVID OYELOWO You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't b...
KEN ROBINSON When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.
LAURA CARMICHAEL Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact spo...
MARK ZUPAN Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you ...
RANDEEP HOODA Why can't a seven-foot guy play a doctor? Why can't I be a teacher? Why can't I be a foo...
GRIZZ CHAPMAN Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and...
ALEXEI SAYLE I feel that it's lovely when, as a user, you're not aware of the complexity.
JONATHAN IVE I'm very much a believer in the character always heading for something or after something. But t...
MONICA DOLAN You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
FREDDY ADU Everybody is going to be excited to play in a Super Bowl. When you still enjoy the preparation and t...
PEYTON MANNING I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't...
MICHAEL SCHENKER I cannot love, I want to be alone
I will not love, I want to be alone
LAURA MARLING All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I wasn't ready to say, I can't play anymore. And I'm still not.
JAMIE MOYER Age doesn't mean anything. Age doesn't mean I can't work as hard. Age doesn't mean I...
ZENDAYA When you're performing, you just have to keep pushing through. You're human, and you're ...
MEGAN NICOLE I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see m...
MICHELLE OBAMA I don't think nobody's doubting I can play basketball.
LAMAR ODOM Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast.
BENMONT TENCH Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's lif...
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