My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.
I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don’t buy it.
Haven’t we all grown up trusting high street banks? Their branches were fixtures, not only in our towns and cities, but in the way our lives ran. Yet it is no exaggeration to say that thousands, possibly millions of us, instead of being helped have found our lives permanently damaged by the toxic U.K. financial system.
I’m drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I’ve been drawn to other actors.
People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don’t know if they think I’m crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
Emotionally damaged men all too often rip apart their own lives, and those of their partners and children. I see both physical fitness and emotional strength as virtues, but they are acquired by entirely different means.
Before the season begins, I had even damaged some frames, but Ken did not hold it against me and kept all his confidence. He was the one who incontestably changed my life, because without his help, I do not know what I will have become.
When you come from so many damaged places you don’t ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.
Activism isn’t about holding your faults up to the light. That’s what comedy is about, it’s about saying, ‘Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we’re all this frail and damaged so let’s laugh at it.’
Two decisions have damaged the stability both of the euro and of Europe: the premature admission of Greece to the euro area and the breach and subsequent weakening of the stability and growth pact.
I think ‘Ek Chhotisi Love Story’ has really damaged me. People think they can compromise my reputation and get away with it.
I don’t have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don’t think mankind will be damaged if I don’t put out a new album or a new book.
I don’t really know how strong someone is if they’re compelled to a life of violence. Is that strong? No. That’s damaged.
I’d rather not get into what I’m talking about lyrically. I think it’s impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it’s about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.
In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club’s request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 – just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks.
We need a tough approach to make justice prevail and, also, because sports should not be damaged by the violence of hooligans.
I was attracted to the comics because of the characters and, particularly, Wolverine because he is so complex. He is so damaged and tragic in many ways – he doesn’t have his memory. His body was invaded. He has unrequited love for Jean Grey.
I’m drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.
The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn’t damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined.
Experiences don’t make us damaged goods; it’s what we do with those experiences that matters.
We have to look good… our hair does get damaged due to straightening… tonging. We have to do something that helps our hair look good and healthy.
If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it’s hard.
I’m a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it’s been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I’m a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff.
The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.
Racist infrastructure has damaged districts like mine for generations.
We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don’t believe in Americans, who will?
Making it financially does not protect you, though. Genetic gifts and a gigantic professional contract do not shield athletes from the effect of damaged childhoods.
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