Quotes About Struggle

I've been told my whole life what I can and can't be and what I can and can't achieve.

The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.

I've been penniless. I've had to struggle a bit. But now I enjoy thinking about that because it just makes me feel better about my achievements.

There were country songs I connected to when there was pain, when I saw things my family were going through. It was my way of acknowledging I wasn't OK: music tapped on the door; I could work out these emotions by singing.

I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.

I've had cystic acne; I've had it all.

After 'Buniyaad,' I acted in a few movies as the main lead, but that did not work out well.

I don't know how I could have an acting career with this.

If I had come out during my acting career in the 1950s, I would not have had a career.

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

I've had coaches along the way that actively go out of their way to make sure that I don't succeed. They don't like me.

I'm obviously fighting for my community simply because I'm trans, and I have to do that, and I do it because that's my existence. I wake up in the morning, and that is my activism.

Being an activist is not easy.

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

'An Unquiet Mind' wasn't hard to write in terms of the actual writing of it.

Stuck as Adam Cartwright, I was only able to use about one-tenth of my ability.

It's not easy to adapt to losing a lot.

Life in England was a bit difficult. It is not easy for a South American. Some people get on fine, and for others, it is harder to adapt.

I've adapted my own work a couple of times, and I've also given my novels to other people to adapt, and I do find that quite difficult.

Addicts are hard workers.

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.

It is a lot of work being an addict. There's nothing harder than being an addict.