Love is too precious to be ashamed of.
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Laurell K. Hamilton
It's not at all hard to understand a person it's only hard to listen without bias.
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Criss Jami
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Unknown
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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Unknown
You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.
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Wendelin Van Draanen
More Quotes By Patrick W. Corrigan
The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!
Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness and turns them against him- or herself.
Results of two independent factor analyses of the survey responses of more than 2000 English and American citizens parallel these findings (19, 33):- fear and exclusion: persons with severe mental illness should be feared and, therefore, be kept out of most communities;- authoritarianism: persons with...
Several themes describe misconceptions about mental illness and corresponding stigmatizing attitudes. Media analyses of film and print have identified three: people with mental illness are homicidal maniacs who need to be feared; they have childlike perceptions of the world that should be marveled; or they...
The stigma of severe mental illness leads to prejudice and discrimination. Stigmas are negative and erroneous attitudes about these persons. Unfortunately, stigma's impact on a person's life may be as harmful as the direct effects of the disease. Corrigan, P. W., & Penn, D. L....
