Quotes About Struggle

It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.

I think Hollywood, I think America in general, they love redemption stories.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

I started writing because I saw such a huge lack of complex stories about the inner city.

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center.

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm.

When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals.

I've been the lull, and I've been the storm and also somewhere in between. But that's OK. I love the limelight after all.

'Storm' was the first song I did as a member of YG. The record gave me a lot of pressure. I didn't think I was prepared at the time.

You, too, will be driven away from your native land and ancient domains as leaves are driven before the wintry storms. Sleep not longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws, in false security and delusive hopes. Our broad domains are fast escaping from our grasp.

I've been working in Haiti 28 years - I thought I'd sort of seen it... I've gone through a number of coups, the storms of 2008, I thought, you know, that I'd seen things as bad as they were going to get, and I was wrong.

It's easy to praise God in the good times, but what about when the storms of your flesh are a-brewin'? Not so easy then!

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales which disturb the sea.

People like to build their own story about my life. I don't know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.

If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain, not even of our privileges. But everything changes when we open up to the possibility that God's story is really our story too.

Most of us have this story of not feeling comfortable because of how you were. Now they call it ADHD. I just knew I bounced all over the place. I'm glad I had ADHD... It's what makes us creative.

Extreme pain to extreme pleasure has been the story of my entire life.

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.

When you're drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. When you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good news story.

Not many things bug me, but if there's one thing that does, it's the idea that my story is a football fairytale.

I think that's why most people listen to me - it is relatable. Who doesn't have a drama-filled story with an ex? We all do.

The first 'Hunger Games' movie was one of those rare films to combine epic storyline, memorable characters and challenging musical opportunities.