#struggle

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#black #change #condition #curse #face

Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#achieved #dreams #everyday #fortunate #give

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. ↗

— John Green

#american #because #disease #epic #family

It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#creative #heard #kind #like #most

Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle. ↗

— Otto Weininger

#fate #how #many #matter #struggle

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #art #better #feeling #good

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#fight #go #i #interests #looking

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#everybody #fears #got #had #i

I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

#get #hands #i #immensely #kinds

The struggle I went through has value. ↗