#painful

I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful. ↗

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#also #awakening #confusing #consciousness #disorienting

I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me. ↗

— Susan Smith

#day #each #extremely #face #faith

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#existence #get #hidden #hypocrisy #i

I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment. ↗

— David Soul

#anger #arrested #awful #begun #called

There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#both #challenge #childhood #describing #happens

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#halting #insignificant #most #painful #people

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#dint #extended #frequently #only #painful

But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#i #much #now #painful #too

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious. ↗