Quotes About Resilience

It would be nice if we redefined what we meant by 'war story.' If you're making $15,000 a year living in a certain area of Portland, trying to make it with three kids and no husband, that's a kind of war.

When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.

Yes, Portland is governable. Yes, it's challenging.

One of the things that I was taught in Portland is 'Never too high, never too low.'

I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.

I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to be.

For me, I've always wanted to portray roles that are empowering. Also, being empowering doesn't necessarily mean being strong all the time.

I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.

When I started off, nobody held my hand and told me what I should do and how I should portray myself as an actor.

People often portray me as Miss Hard Stuff. It hurts my feelings a lot.

I really like the way 'Bond' girls are portrayed on screen.

The press portrayed me as a joke and a clown.

I like portraying women of character in my books. Women who exhibit loyalty and courage.

I don't get fazed by things easily. I don't really care about much; I'm just not interested in a lot. I'm just interested in the well being of my close ones, my music, the message I'm portraying, how my efforts are contributing to society.

When you're portraying a tough situation, you have to show some of the things in there.

I am from a poor background in Portugal. We were medium-down, not down-and-out. My parents felt problems around food in the past but they made sure I did not miss anything. But there was nothing extra, no luxuries.

I'm not a type-B personality who knows I have a cancer growing inside of me and can live with the knowledge. I go into a kung-fu attack position when I go through the door of a hospital.

I got back into the position of taking care of my husband, which is what I'd learned that I couldn't really do: you can love and make things okay to a certain extent, but you can't fix. I didn't quite learn that until the kayaking incident. It became so clear then.

Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if we do, we put ourselves in a position where we're not marketable or where we can't win.

I played the flute in elementary school, but when I got into high school, they didn't have any flutes; they gave me a clarinet and said, 'Play it in the same way, just hold in a different position.' I really didn't care much for it.

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out of my left ear. I sometimes get a crick in my neck from listening. But I don't there's too much else.

If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that.