Quotes About Adversity

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.

The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

Paule Marshall does not let the black women in her fiction lose. While they lose friends, lovers, husbands, homes, or jobs, they always find themselves.

I always say, I have been fired from more jobs than most people would ever have had in their entire career.

I had to use a lot of the lessons I learned from fighting Samoa Joe and apply them to Bray Wyatt.

When 'Johnny Bravo' was going to end, I thought, 'I really need to sell something. I need a job.' So, I sat down and just sketched this little boy with a fairy godmother. I was going to do a boy version of 'Cinderella.'

My second film 'Johnny Gaddar' got delayed because of financial reasons. The film was taken over by another production house and in the process we lost a year.

I win over Anthony Johnson six out of seven days. But, the only thing that wasn't supposed to happen, happened.

I had to join the army, because I knew I would be inside or dead otherwise. I needed someone to channel my anger and it worked for me. It was a wake up call and I never looked back.

I had no easy fights ever since I joined the UFC.

Every high school I went to, I joined in the middle of the year, so sports helped. But you see a lot of bullies when you move to eight states, I'll say that.

I've learnt so much since I joined cinema. I just want to take it as a positive experience.

A child, when orphaned, can become anything. If I had not joined the Army, who knows, I may have become a dacoit. I give all credit to the Army; they found Milkha Singh.

The reason why I joined 'Bigg Boss OTT' is because in my life I have encountered a lot of incidences that has made me strong.

I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute in Pune or learning the piano.

I wasn't drawn to comedy: it was drawn to me - from fighting in school to going to jail, then joining the military and getting into Hollywood.

Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or find someone else.

I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with a joke or think of something funny to say.

When you have a tough childhood, you either cry or make a joke.

The key to gallows humor is to make the joke, no matter how certain the gallows is.

I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.

It was not easy to get to where I am. My challenge is to learn to deal with the jokes that are common among men that I heard and continue to hear sometimes among men.