SOME INTERESTING

PEOPLE….And some interesting things they have

said or done

Alan

RickmanThe more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?

Stephen

Hawking

"If you are disabled, it is

probably not your fault,

but it is no good

blaming the world or

expecting it to take pity

on you. One has to have

a positive attitude and

must make the best of

the situation that one

finds oneself in; if one is

physically disabled, one

cannot afford to be

psychologically

disabled as well. In my

opinion, one should

concentrate on activities

in which one's physical

disability will not

present a serious

handicap’’

Miley

CyrusOne of her worst

moments in high

school saw her locked

in a toilet by girls

much bigger and

stronger than her. She

banged on the door for

so long waiting to be

rescued, “Wondering

how my life had gotten

so messed up.”

Adele

‘’I have

insecurities,

of course –

but I don’t

hang out

with anyone

who points

them out to

me’’

David

BowieI had to resign

myself, many

years ago,

that I'm not

too articulate

when it comes

to explaining

how I feel

about things.

But my music

does it for me,

it really does.

Johnny

Depp

‘’If there’s any

message to my work, it

is ultimately that it’s

OK to be different, that

it’s good to be

different, that we

should question

ourselves before we

pass judgment on

someone who looks

different, behaves

different, talks

different, is a different

colour.”

Lady GagaAs a teenager, she was

repeatedly bullied

while attending an all

girls school. She has

stated that she was

teased and picked on

for either being “too

provocative” or “too

eccentric”.

Anne

Hathaway

I believe I've

always been a

big believer in

equality. No one

has ever been

able to tell me I

couldn't do

something

because I was a

#girl." Always

treat people

equally, and

believe in your

own equality.

Ellen

Degeneres

"I learned

compassion from

being

discriminated

against.

Everything bad

that's ever

happened to me

has taught me

compassion." You

can learn the best

lessons from the

hardest obstacles

and the most

hurtful

experiences. Take

what you can by

learning

compassion and

empathy.

Victoria

Beckham‘’The bullies were

literally picking the

things out of the

puddles and throwing

them at me, and I just

stood there, on my

own. No-one was with

me, I didn’t have any

friends. People would

push me around, say

they were going to

beat me up after

school, chase me. It

was miserable. I tried

to be friends with

people but I didn’t fit

in. So I kept myself to

myself’’.

Bob Marley‘’Until the philosophy which

holds one race superior and

another inferior is finally and

permanently discredited and

abandoned, everywhere is

war and until there are no

longer first-class and

second-class citizens of any

nation, until the color of a

man's skin is of no more

significance than the color of

his eyes. And until the basic

human rights are equally

guaranteed to all without

regard to race, there is war.

And until that day, the dream

of lasting peace, world

citizenship, rule of

international morality, will

remain but a fleeting illusion

to be pursued, but never

attained... now everywhere is

war.’’

BeyonceBeyonce was called

“Dumbo” at school

and was the subject

of constant jokes

saying her ears

were “bigger than

her head.”

Jackie

Chan‘’I was bullied quite a lot when I was growing up in my Peking Opera School. I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn’t know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself’’

Will Smith

Don’t chase

people. Be

yourself, do your

own thing and

work hard. The

right people –

who REALLY

belong in your

life – will come to

you. And stay.

J.K.

RowlingJ.K. Rowling was fired

from her job as a

secretary for

daydreaming too

much. After that, she

wrote the “Harry

Potter” books.

Taylor Swift

If you’re

lucky

enough to

be

different,

don’t ever

change!

Angelina

JolieWe have a choice

about how we take

what happens to us

in our life and

whether or not we

allow it to turn us. We

can become

consumed by hate

and darkness, or

we're able to regain

our humanity

somehow, or come to

terms with things and

learn something

about ourselves

Nelson

Mandela‘’No one is born hating

another person

because of the colour

of his skin, or his

background, or his

religion. People must

learn to hate, and if

they can learn to hate,

they can be taught to

love, for love comes

more naturally to the

human heart than its

opposite.”