I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.
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Related I started to realize that there are a lot of people who are unaware of deaf culture, and I've be... NYLE DIMARCO The deaf community is nearly never portrayed accurately on television/film because most writers neve... SEAN BERDY I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf. CAMRYN MANHEIM I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so ... RICHARD MASUR One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others.... EDWARD T. HALL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have work... CAMRYN MANHEIM I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up alway... SHOSHANNAH STERN People take the classes because of the deaf school and the deaf community, so they can communicate w... INA FAYE PRICE Other than its sense of rhythm, it's music by the tone-deaf for the tone-deaf. KEITH RICHARDS The pain of dispute exceeds, by much, its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when peo... JOSEPH JOUBERT People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it ... MILAN KUNDERA We are constantly searching out events and things where we can interact with deaf people or learn mo... MARIBETH LARTZ There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them hav... I. KING JORDAN People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf,... MILAN KUNDERA We have our own culture, our own community. A lot of people don't realize that. They just assume... NYLE DIMARCO Julia was blind and deaf to to the truth. She was ignorant. Did one reprove a blind woman for inabil... FRANCINE RIVERS The availability of roles for deaf actors has always been very limited. After 'Switched at Birth... SEAN BERDY I may be deaf to the world, but I'm not deaf to your love. ANTHONY T.HINCKS If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and i... TED DEKKER I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf. EVELYN GLENNIE One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke s... STEPHANIE BEACHAM Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if y... MARLEE MATLIN I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do. NYLE DIMARCO The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training grou... RICHARD MASUR Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. VINT CERF I think the president is a little tone deaf on this one. JOHN KASICH Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, an... GRACE GEALEY I will see that you get a response on all those issues. I appreciate you raising these concerns, and... RICHARD APPELL I know what it's like to be growing up, called 'deaf and mute' and 'deaf and dumb.... MARLEE MATLIN Who is blind, dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years. SIDDHA NAGARJUNA ...beer makes people deaf... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Lets all just dance for the deaf, and sing for the blind... HUSAM DAOUD I am tone deaf. RACHELLE LEFEVRE I like it here, because a lot of my deaf friends are here. I can sit and chat. DANIEL MCCLARNEY This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only... PAUL O'NEILL It's a way for the deaf and hearing communities in the Valley to come together. ERIC MARTINEZ I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out ... CHRIS MURRAY Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see SOURCE UNKNOWN I am one hundred percent ready to be a spokesperson for the deaf community. NYLE DIMARCO A deaf and dumb in the mist of morons is a renowed talkative among brains. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON The government has gone deaf. They are not listening to the people and this is a time for them to st... BRUCE GOLDING I would love to do a talk show. Naturally, I would love to do more films. I'd love to be able to... MARLEE MATLIN For the blind I will describe
For the deaf I will design
And For the mute I will make magic TAHLIA JULIEN We needed effort, desperation. Those were the two biggest keys we talked about in the past 24 hours.... CORY SARICH (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS So I'm half deaf - and dyslexic. How about that? Nobody's perfect, and I'm proud of my d... CARMEN BUSQUETS It's one of the places you can go and know that there will always be a deaf person for you to talk t... CONNIE STEVENS I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things. NYLE DIMARCO I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities. NYLE DIMARCO I think the plea is falling on deaf ears. DON MCKINNON I am truly humbled. Not only that I am going to be known as the final Top Model but as a final Top M... NYLE DIMARCO I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING I’m not even tone deaf, that’s the arse-mothering, fuck-nosed, bugger-sucking wank of the thing.... STEPHEN FRY The will is deaf and hears no heedful friends. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The international community has been totally deaf and dumb on the situation between Sudan and Chad. ... CHADIAN PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster. FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I may be deaf to the sounds of the world, but you have shown me how I can hear by seeing the color i... ANTHONY T. HINCKS A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have ... VERA NAZARIAN It's like Randy went deaf this year. I don't know what happened. SIMON COWELL Our war cries opened the deaf ears of the almighty government and its accomplices. SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS I appreciate a straightforward apology the way a tone-deaf person enjoys a fine piece of music. GILLIAN FLYNN I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impotent, and on top of this are two or three abominabl... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) When you perform to a certain excellence,
crowd claps and roars for you,
we feel as a deaf in joy !
... AMIT KUMAR SINGH Do not shout at me, Mr. Quill," said John [Adams]. "Justice may be blind, but she is not deaf. ORSON SCOTT CARD There are so many deaf kids out there being deprived of their own language. NYLE DIMARCO I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the American... YAHOO SERIOUS I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I. LORETTA YOUNG There is research proving that deaf people have increased visual abilities. NYLE DIMARCO Being deaf to a victim does not stay their cry for help. CRISTABEL MICHAELS I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that... PETE TOWNSHEND There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process. RICHARD MASUR When gossip starts, be deaf. RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I wont the world to hear me out but the worlds deaf and i am mute. NOMAN QAYYUM As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound. YANN MARTEL The chances of them going deaf are pretty high, that's the risk. JAY LEHMAN The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties. MAHESH ACHARYA Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. MARK TWAIN Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read MARK TWAIN It's interesting to see little children who are deaf, with deaf parents. Maybe the mommy is the only... LINDA HURWITZ Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand. CHRISTIAN NEVELL BOVEE Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf. WILLIAM OSLER Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand. RICHARD MASUR Never tell your story to a deaf man. PROVERB The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears. ELLIS PETERS The truth will always fall on deaf ears! ANTHONY T.HINCKS I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't s... SEAN BERDY Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see MARK TWAIN It's all fallen on deaf ears. JIM SANFORD Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fett... JOHN KEBLE How can a profoundly deaf person become a musician? EVELYN GLENNIE I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows. NYLE DIMARCO Love is not just blind, it's deaf and dumb and probably has an advanced case of Alzheimer's; it's un... OUR ADY IF ALICE BHATTI- MOHAMMAD HANFI The most happy marriage I can imagine to myselfwould be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. OGDEN NASH A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. HONORE DE BALZAC
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