Quotes About Fulfillment

But professionally I've never felt as strongly about a project, with the exception of 'The Bridges of Madison County', as 'The Light in the Piazza'.

I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.

I quite liked having a baby - I think I won't put it more strongly than that. But I had no intention of allowing motherhood to disrupt my work as an archeologist.

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank.

Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

I went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.

It's not a struggle, but sometimes when you're gone for a month or two, you start to miss your friends. I love acting so much that it fills that gap of being sad about not being able to see my friends.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

I love acting, so I don't feel that I have ever struggled.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

I struggled for so long to try to create a career.

You're lucky if you find something that makes you feel like yourself; that's the one time that you feel like you know who you are. Most people are struggling to find that out all the time.

I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.

I have an ocean of opportunities awaiting me and once I am back from Miss World, I want to explore whatever life has to offer.

I am very fortunate, very grateful for everything that has happened to me, everything I've done, all the opportunities, so I'm very happy.

I try to make the best of the opportunities that have been given to me.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.

If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.