#resented

How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naive to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude, it is the inability to be oneself and rightfully represented as oneself. ↗

— Criss Jami

#being-yourself #celebrities #emotional #facade #fame

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#called #catholic #christian #church #even

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#coaching #could #good #good job #i

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#finding #intent #kill #never #presented

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#advanced #against #been #brief #covered

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen. ↗

— James Baker

#british #carbon #carbon dioxide #companies #dioxide

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented. ↗

— Kathy Bates

#been #characters #fit #i #myself

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#dealing #deals #family #film #i

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. ↗

— Lindy Boggs

#assignment #been #belief #beyond #blessed

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#nine #past #period #questioning #represented