“My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.” ProblemSeemsAmericaResultsMy FamilyDiedResponsibleVictimIraqDebateNo Problem Author:Scott Ritter
“There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing to me, and still is. And the other way is to go out. I knew there would be problems from my family, and also from my environment. But I thought that physical pain would be better than the mental pain. And I started working as an artist.” WayWantStillsTwoProblemWould BePainArtistCultureEnvironmentMy FamilyDisturbingTwo WaysPuppetsPhysical PainMental Pain Author:Malina Suliman
“My family are really happy here at Liverpool and I am prepared to have my daughter with a Scouse accent, even though it is sometimes a problem for me.” SometimesProblemDaughterMy FamilyPreparedMy DaughterAccentsReally HappyLiverpool Author:Rafael Benitez
“I prefer to channel my problems and inner demons through a character. Another persona. That protects me and my family. I can get my frustrations out that way.” WayI CanCharacterProblemProtectMy FamilyDemonFrustrationPersonaInner Demons Author:Dolph Lundgren
“The problem with kids these days is they don't have enough fun stuff to do. When I was stationed with my family in Germany, youth basketball programs gave me something to strive to do my best at.” EnoughProblemKidsFunStuffYouthBasketballProgramMy FamilyStriveThese DaysGermanyNbaFun Stuff Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.” NeedsWritingYearsFirstsChildrenLongTwoProblemSchoolHusbandConflictMy FamilyTwo ThingsMy HusbandDragBumpsYoungest Child Book:A Circle of Quiet Source: A Circle of Quiet
“my parents ... had decided early on that all of the problems in my family had somehow to do with me. All roads led to Roseyville, a messy, chaotic town where, as parents, they were required to visit, but could never get out of quick enough or find a decent parking place.” EnoughProblemParentMy FamilyDecidedTownsBlameDecentMessyChaoticParking Author:Roseanne Barr
“Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didnt have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.” WorldMadeSelfProblemStrongAnswersOne ThingMy FamilyLaysScoreNightmareBellsTrumpetsSelf ReliantFamily Problems Author:Quincy Jones
“Everyone has the same kind of fears; everyone has the same big problems in the world, which is, like, fear of death and I hope horrible things dont happen to my family, but they do. And I think people laugh at them as this great release.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindProblemBigsHappensLaughingMy FamilyHorribleReleaseFear Of DeathBig ProblemsHorrible Things Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my family. They tried to shield me, just as other parents in my neighborhood tried to shield their children. But you knew there was a reason that you couldn't go to that theme park or to a movie theater or to a hamburger stand. They couldn't shield you completely. What they did though was they never let it be an excuse for not achieving, and they always said racism is somebody else's problem, not yours. They tried in that way not to make us bitter about Birmingham.” WayFirstsChildrenSaidReasonProblemParentClassMiddleAchieveGrewGrew UpRacismMy FamilyTheaterExcuseBitterParksThemeMiddle ClassNeighborhoodShieldsEducatorHamburgersMovie TheaterBirminghamPhdsMiddle Class FamilyTheme Parks Author:Condoleezza Rice
“My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me. I think I just felt like I really wanted to hold on to who I was as a person, and try to have as much of a normal life as I could.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsProblemWantedFeltLuckyNormalMy FamilyGlamorousNormal LifeSo Lucky Author:Winona Ryder
“I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at home, I have a very flexible timetable, and I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family.” ThinkingProblemHomeParentHoursWifeEasierMy FamilyMy WifeFortunateMore TimeLunchFlexibleTimetablesMoney Problem Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“My family grew up relying on public assistance to help provide meals for our family. Child hunger in America is a real and often overlooked problem, but one that together, we can fix.” ChildrenRealHelpingProblemTogetherAmericaGrewGrew UpMy FamilyHungerOur FamilyMealsAssistanceOverlookedTogether We CanHunger In America Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Thanksgiving is a holiday that brought together two different cultures. The pilgrims came here with the best intentions. They decided to flee an oppressive people and move to a new land. Where they thrived. And became an oppressive people. You get certain people on the same continent, there's going to be a problem. Pilgrims and Indians. Protestants, Catholics. My family, anybody else's family.” PeopleTwoDifferentProblemTogetherMovingCertainCultureLandMy FamilyDecidedCatholicIntentionHolidayContinentsProtestantsPilgrimDifferent CulturesBest Intentions Author:Christopher Titus
“I wanted the next family to hurt, because you made my family hurt. Them emotions were still running in me... Whether I'm a rap star or not, if I still feel like that, then I'm part of the problem rather than the solution.” IfsFeelsMadeStillsProblemRunningWantedNextStarsHurtEmotionSolutionsMy FamilyRap Author:Kendrick Lamar
“For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty was to escape and that I needed to get back to my family and to my children no matter what. And that I could not accept to just see them as an authority, that I had to always keep in mind that I had to rebel and to keep my distance and to protect my soul because the core of the problem is dignity.” MindChildrenImportantSoulMatterProblemForgetAcceptingDutyNeededProtectAuthorityDignityMy FamilyNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsDistanceCoreMy SoulMy ChildrenGet BackRebel Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.” WorldWayFeelsPlayHelpingProblemSocialDifferencesProductsInvolvedMy FriendsMy FamilyMaking A DifferencePhilanthropicSoulful Author:Donna Karan
“In my family, Mom can lead the sports activities, no problem! Except football - that, my husband does.” DoeProblemSportsFootballMomActivityHusbandMy FamilyMy HusbandNo Problem Author:Julie Bowen
“We [in my family] don't like to mess around and talk about our problems or complain, it's just not anything that we do.” ProblemMy FamilyComplainingMess Author:Jillian Hervey
“I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up in a family dominated by women - always encouraged me to do so. And if a girl is unafraid, then the world is her oyster.” IfsWorldProblemMotherGirlGrewGrew UpMy FamilyGrandmotherMy GrandmotherAuntOystersUnafraidSpeaking Up Author:Ava DuVernay
“Ninth generation American, ma'am, and I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American. And so we have not escaped because I went to Yale all the problems of this country.” FirstsCountryProblemBornRightsGenerationsMy FamilyYale Author:Van Jones
“The problem for me is that I look like so many people in my family, so I can't really see anything. Except I could say that I look rather like my father without his mustache.” PeopleLooksI CanProblemFatherMy FamilyMustache Author:Tilda Swinton
“I would argue with my father [Pablo Escobar] about his violent attitude and I would tell him to stop his violent ways and to think about peace as an alternative, especially given the many problems he was having. However, he would reply almost immediately by telling me "you are forgetting that the first bomb that exploded in Colombia was an attempt against you, your sister, and your mother - I did not invent narcoterrorism, narcoterrorism was first used against my family.” ThinkingWayFirstsProblemUsedMotherFatherGivenForgetAttitudeMy FamilyArguingViolentAlternativesBombsColombiaPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I had in mind a case close to my family, friends of my parents, who seemed to be the perfect bourgeois family, and a young boy, who when he was 17, committed suicide. It was such a shock. The parents didn't understand. Nobody understood why he did that. Everybody was exploring his life, trying to understand what the problem was. Everybody had a feeling that this guy had the perfect life: he was beautiful, he was clever... but he did that. I had that in mind, about Isabelle in Young and Beautiful, for the parents to see adolescents like aliens.” TryingMindFeelingsProblemBeautifulGuyParentPerfectBoysMy FamilySuicideCommittedCleverAliensExploringFamily FriendsPerfect LifeYoung And Beautiful Author:Francois Ozon
“Living in the rural South, you sometimes feel trapped, like you don't have any options. It grinds people down, and of course it leads to substance abuse. I see it all around me. So many people in my family, probably more than 50 percent, have had substance abuse problems, either currently or in the past. It's so personal and immediate to me.” PeopleSometimesProblemPastLike YouMy FamilyAbuseGrindSubstance Abuse Author:Jesmyn Ward
“When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.” ThinkingImportantProblemJobsBeliefCircumstancesMy FamilyCommandRejoiceConsumedStressedStressed Out Book:Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.” ProblemOrderThreeBitsMy FamilyBaseballSeasonsGod LoveThree ThingsFunny BaseballGreat BaseballInspirational BaseballMotivational BaseballBaseball LifeBaseball And LifeBest BaseballBaseball LoveBaseball Opening DayBaseball Season Author:Al Gallagher