Stephanie Beacham Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

And I was lucky enough not to have to, because complete deafness never came to pass.

And now I don't really think that I will get married until the girls are secure.

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

But I am completely confused in a room full of people. I don't hear a word anybody says. I'm not able to enjoy parties for that reason.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out of my left ear. I sometimes get a crick in my neck from listening. But I don't there's too much else.

I only hope that I have my mother's ability to make each of my children feel special.

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

I'm very happy to go to a nice, loud, noisy concert where nobody can hear anybody.

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

Now, I feel, well, if I can't relate to something, that's all right-I'll get somebody who can translate for me.

One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.

To this day I will not be called Steph.

What I mean to say is that I'm old enough now and confident enough now not to be frightened of any of the possibilities life might offer.

You go from love to loathing to hate to resentment, and then it all fades out and hopefully you're left with friendship.

What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.