#ted

Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#cried #dark #everyday #face #father

They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#belittle #did #end #even #hurting

Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#child #could #create #everything #had

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#because #car #crying #did #everything

No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#captivated #film #i #imagination #king

I always wanted to be a leading man! ↗

— Randy Jackson

#i #i always #leading #leading man #man

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being. ↗

— William James

#awareness #being #conscious #known #means

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. ↗

— William James

#advantage #better #character #concrete #entirely

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#aid #clauses #dominance #effort #end

I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now. ↗

— Louise Jameson

#bit #career #did #feel #flagging