Quotes About Struggle

People know you as an actor, and labels are so comfortable for people. That syndrome is always hard to get past.

I had a pretty rough life. I got caught up in the star syndrome. It's not something I'm proud of, but it's something that I'm glad is over.

I had a couple of moments struggling with imposter syndrome throughout my career as a player.

I spent a long time on a big studio sitcom, 'Baddiel's Syndrome,' for Sky, and got no audience.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

I've lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that's most of my life. I was born in Asia - I've lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture - but it's still not Asian enough for some people.

Social motherliness has made women's struggle for liberty the loveliest synthesis of egoism and altruism.

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

The only people that have ever fought ISIS in Syria is not the regime; it is the Free Syrian Army.

Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, and this is where most of the fight takes place, between Aleppo and Damascus for the Free Syrian Army.

I have a lot of enemies: extremists and the Syrian regime.

A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

I think that there are cancers of the body, but I think they are what I would call cancer of the emotional system, too. These are the kind of diseases or illnesses or sicknesses of the emotional system that are as incurable as cancer.

I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.

Face it, the system is rigged, and it's rigged against us.

The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system.

There is a systematic effort to destroy every black male entertainer's image. They want us all to have an asterisk by our name.

I know a lot about systemic lupus erythematosus because I have it, too. I was diagnosed through the NHS when I first moved to England in 2008 following months of serious illness.

I can't help but believe that at some time in the not-too-distant future, there is going to be another movement to change these systemic conditions of poverty, injustice, and violence in people's lives. That is where we've got to go, and it is going to be a struggle.

I don't just have the patriarchy to compete with. I have systemic racism and white supremacy and inequality to compete with.

I hate systemic oppression in America.

I think when people are having a hard time, we tend to blame ourselves and think we can do better. Bernie is giving rise to their understanding that this is not an individual problem, this is a systemic problem.