Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I am going to cut my hair very short; I've never done this before... I want to say I had something to do with how I look, not the cancer.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

Action is eloquence

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.

What I needed to do was carve out parts for me, roles for me that weren't just the sidekick, where I got to be the lead, because that's breaking through.

Nothing will change unless you talk about it.

Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.

When certain things reach a tipping point, and you know people's lives are in danger, you have to decide that it's time to speak up, and you have to say something loud and clear.

There are so many causes that you care about, but one can't change or take on the world, so one has to really focus on where you feel you can - to use a very overworked phrase - truly try to do something to make a difference.

I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.'

I don't want to look up and think, 'Wow, I had a moment to really be a part of changing the world, and I didn't live up to it.'

I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to keep it this way.

I realized that if I don't like something, I can change it. If I don't feel comfortable with something, then I have a voice to say it's not cool.

There's only so much I can do to effect change - and really, the thing that I can do that's most effective is to work and to do good work. That, I feel, is speaking out in its own way.

I'm not a shouter, but I like to put my stamp on things.

As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world.

I won the quadruple at 18 with Arsenal, so I didn't really know what I was chasing after the World Cup, and I was a bit lost, so I didn't know whether to just be content at home and just play my football or go for another challenge.

I wanted to do something new and different. People expected me to do negative roles. I wanted to break the norm, and because of that, I lost on some great work as well.

Sometimes you have to put a wrench in the gears to get people to listen.

I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.

I need to be playing well, be involved in the game, and taking matches by the scruff of the neck.

We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.

You know, you can only get beat up so much. And then you turn it around, and you're like, OK, we're not taking this anymore.

There's no such thing as a wardrobe malfunction - only a wardrobe opportunity.