Josh Duffy



Josh Duffy (born Joshua Dale Duffy in 1978) is the subject of the Documentary film The Mayor: A Chronicle of Williams Syndrome, with Josh Duffy (2022). Josh has a rare genetic deletion on chromosome 7 resulting in Williams syndrome.

Film quotes

 * I'm not black, I'm not white, I'm the grey in the middle.
 * Diseases mess with you from the outside, but syndromes mess with you from the inside.
 * I don't believe that A B & C = D. It equals Z
 * Sometimes the salt tastes good, but I'd rather have the sugar.
 * If ignorance is bliss, then I’m a blister
 * Ignore the normal people, who knows what they’re thinking.
 * If I have to start fires, to put out fires, then so be it.
 * Forget normal, I need better!
 * I'm a parasite inside a parasite inside of a host.
 * I want to know the side effects before I swallow the pill
 * I’m not an easy pill to swallow, not hard to vomit either.
 * Don't push the envelope. Shove the envelope.