Shane Koyczan quotes

I hid my heart under my bed because my mother said if you're not careful someday somebody's going to break it. Take it from me, under the bed is not a good hiding spot. (Shane Koyczan)
I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied. View quote
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I got bullied a lot when I was a kid, and because of that I thought for the most part that I didn't really have a childhood - I had to grow up so quick and there was no real enjoyment in that for me. View quote
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Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED. View quote
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Bullying, to me, starts very small around the kindergarten age where the first thing we learn is to call each other names. Something so small can be so long lasting in someone's life. View quote
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I make a good living doing what I do. View quote
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I guess initially I was amazed that somebody would see something within my work that they could really relate to, but the more it's happened, the more people have come forward, I've really realized that we're all kind of going through the same thing at the same time. View quote
Shane Koyczan

Shane Koyczan

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Photo: Brenda Lee, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Canadian Writer
Born: May 22, 1976
Quotes count: 7