“I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty.” WayMotherCompassionAchieveTaughtValuableFocusedFeaturesTranslateSupportiveSupportive FamilyCompassion And Respect Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“My parents, God bless 'em, were very supportive of me and my decision to pursue acting. Their dream for me and my sister was that we graduate from college. And as soon as I fulfilled that, they were extremely supportive of what I wanted to do next. I will always be grateful to them for that, because I wouldn't be where I am today without their help and encouragement.” HelpingDreamTodayWantedNextParentDecisionActingCollegeEncouragementGratefulPursueEmsBlessMy SisterGraduatesFulfilledBe GratefulSupportiveGod Bless Author:Michael Ealy
“We can see, from California to New York, from Maine to Florida, Seattle to New Mexico - everywhere there are women's groups. Everywhere there are women who have gotten together to examine global warming, and women who have gotten together to prepare each other for single parenting - there are women who have come together to be supportive to those whose mates are in prison, male or female, partners are in prison. All sorts of gatherings of women. I mean, I'm just celebrating my 80th year on this planet, and I look back 50 years ago and there was nothing like that.” YearsLooksMeanTogetherGroupsNew YorkPlanetsFemaleYears AgoPrisonMalesPartnersCelebrateCaliforniaGlobal WarmingMatesMexicoFloridaSupportiveGatheringSeattleMaineSingle ParentNew Mexico Author:Maya Angelou
“The Democrat Party has had a friendly, supportive relationship with every communist regime on this planet in my lifetime. And now all of a sudden their buddies, the Soviets, i.e., Putin and the Russians, have abandoned them and are now sabotaging them for the purpose of election.” PurposePartyPlanetsElectionLifetimeDemocratFriendlyCommunistAbandonedRegimesSupportiveBuddyPutin Author:Rush Limbaugh
“How is it possible that in just the last ten years all of these things which were taboo throughout our culture, throughout the culture, things that were taboo are now not only normal but celebrated, and people who were not really supportive of them are called kooks and the new weirdos?” PeopleYearsLastsCultureTenNormalSupportiveTabooWeirdo Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a culture war in this country. Americans in recent years, as you know, have become more secular. They don't go to church as often. Bible reading, prayers in public are now frowned upon. And, of course, in addition to that, a lot of people have become much more supportive of LGBT rights. And in reaction to that, biblically conservative Americans feel that their faith is under assault.” PeopleKnowsFeelsYearsWarCountryCultureCoursesReadingChurchPrayerRightsConservativeReactionsLgbtSecularAssaultSupportiveBible Reading Author:Tom Gjelten
“I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences with the criminal justice system and the experiences of their family. We need to ensure that the classroom environment is a supportive one so that the shame and stigma can be dispelled.” PeopleThinkingNeedsImportantStoriesYoungSpeakJusticeEnvironmentShameCriminalsClassroomSupportiveStigmaJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Michelle Alexander
“The Mirror has become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it, supportive of the establishment, some of it quite rabidly rightwing. The Mirror is breaking ranks, and that's good news.” ImportantMediaNewsMirrorsEstablishmentGood NewsSupportiveAntidote Author:John Pilger
“All I'm saying is [John McCain] cannot look a soldier in the eye and say "Questioning the president is less supportive to you than extending your tour three months." You should be coming home to your family.” ShouldLooksHomeEyeThreePresidentMonthsSoldierOur FamilyComing HomeQuestioningSupportiveThree MonthsMccainExtending Author:Jon Stewart
“Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would think the place would be better off if Iran had nuclear weapons. The main enemies are the United States and Isreal, in the 80, 90 percent range.” IfsThinkingDoeStatesFactsWould BeUnitedOpinionEnemyUnited StatesWeaponsPercentRegardMajorityNuclearRangeIranNuclear WeaponsEntityHostileSupportiveBetter OffPublic Opinion Author:Noam Chomsky
“The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to work with businesses so they work with women and make it easy and supportive for them to come back into the workplace.” NeedsEasyRoomsWorkplaceElephantsSupportivePromotionMaternityElephant In The RoomMaternity Leave Author:Mary Portas
“I had pestered [Phil Wood] for a long time. He finally agreed to do it. And I was excited and nervous and he couldn't have been nicer or more supportive from the minute I got to his house.” LongHas BeensHouseMinutesLong TimeExcitedWoodsNervousSupportive Author:Jon Gordon
“My parents are amazing. When I said I wanted to go into film, they didn't understand it, but they were incredibly supportive. But growing up, I absolutely did have that feeling of, "Wow, somebody just gave me up." That was infused in The Secret Life of Bees too - the protagonist wanting unconditional love from her dead but much-imagined mother.” SaidFeelingsWantedFilmMotherParentSecretGrowing UpGrowingUnconditional LoveWowBeesSupportiveUnconditionalProtagonistsSecret Life Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“There's nothing like getting feedback that's positive and supportive. That's what I'm all about. I'm really just genuinely doing good music. I'm not looking to be on the cover of magazines and I'm not in it for the fame. I'm not in it for selling or the biggest Pop song in the world. I have to go for critically acclaimed. I'd rather go for my peers that I look up to say "I listen to her record." I'd rather do a small little touring venue that has two people who support me as opposed to thousands of people. I mean if it happens, it happens but I'm doing it for me.” PeopleIfsWorldLooksMeanLittlesTwoHappensSongSupportRecordsFamePopsSellingMagazinesLook UpPeersSupportiveFeedbackTouringDoing GoodVenuesPop SongSupport Me Author:Tiffany Villarreal
“As artists and creative people it's such an important time to be expressive and be empowering and supportive of people. It is a time where I feel like everyone has to be together and say, "Hey, we're all going to be okay. We just need to work together."” PeopleNeedsFeelsImportantTogetherArtistCreativeOkayHeyEmpoweringWorking TogetherSupportiveCreative PeopleExpressive Author:Bethany Cosentino
“I think God is back, I think there is a huge amount of spiritual interest in the country. And I think the bishops are supportive of it because they see people's lives being changed. They see the difference. I see people who've been in prison, whose lives have been messed up, who've been alcoholics, who've been drug addicts, set free and contributing to society.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensCountrySpiritualInterestDifferencesChangedHugeAmountDrugPrisonSupportiveAddictAlcoholicsBishopsContributingDrug AddictMessed Up Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Looking back I realize I had the perfect family background to become the political cartoonist that I became. My father was stupid, insensitive, and cruel, thereby making me distrustful of all authority. On the other hand, I had a warm, supportive and encouraging mother, which made me want to fix the world.” WorldPoliticalMotherFatherRealizingPerfectStupidAuthorityLooking BackSupportiveCartoonistInsensitivePerfect Family Author:Edward Sorel
“With exposure also comes more judgement and opinion so I think now is the time for me to just really solidify a safe space and be around people who are encouraging, supportive, and challenging in a healthy way. With what happened during the 2016 election, now is the time that we should feel our most brave and most fearless.” PeopleThinkingChallengesOpinionHealthyElectionBraveFearlessJudgementSupportive Author:Camille A. Brown
“30 years ago in white supremacy, we had a strategy called leaderless resistance. The concept was: stop shaving our heads, stop getting tattoos and instead try to blend in as much as possible. It was a really concerted effort to try and tone down the rhetoric and make it a little more palatable to the mainstream. And it certainly has penetrated the mainstream now. We're seeing people who were supportive of our cause back then also supportive of Donald Trump's cause, certainly with the recent cabinet appointments.” PeopleTryingEffortStrategyRhetoricTattooSupportiveWhite Supremacy Author:Christian Picciolini
“I would say that, from an agricultural perspective, I have a little bit of concern, because some of the folks I don't know are particularly supportive of the renewable fuel industry and the renewable fuel standard, which is a big part of certainly Midwestern agriculture. I'm hopeful that, when we see his ultimate selection for ag secretary, that we will see someone who is a strong advocate for renewable fuels, and what that means to Midwestern producers. And, for that matter, now, all over the country, we're seeing more and more of the biofuels being produced from a variety of sources.” MeanCountryStrongPerspectiveConcernUltimateProducersVarietyHopefulSecretarySupportive Author:Tom Vilsack
“Men realize that they have work to do, to pull up women and take ownership on where we are as a society, and that they have work to do to help their female relatives and friends - to give a voice to women, not in a patriarchal way, but in a supportive way. It is all of our jobs to make sure that women's rights are human rights, and that they do have a place at the table, and we all push toward equality.” MenGivingHelpingRealizingFemaleHuman RightsOwnershipSupportive Author:Julie Smolyansky
“My parents were supportive. But they were scared. We were undocumented. We came to the U.S. on a tourist visa and overstayed. They applied for a green card right away but it took us 12 years to get it, so for me, from the ages of 7 to 19.” AgeParentScaredSupportiveVisa Author:Carlo Alban
“All I ever hoped for was freedom of choice and to not have to just do work because I needed to pay the bills. If you can, weave your way into a studio in a situation where it's supportive of the other work you wanna do. Also, there is caliber and weight in studio films, and I think the ideal is to get that balance right: Do a studio film, go away and do something that is smaller.” ThinkingFilmChoicesSituationBalanceGoing AwaySupportiveFreedom Of Choice Author:Annabelle Wallis
“Trump campaigned as somebody who was very skeptical of the multinational deals. He was supportive of Brexit. He was very skeptical of NATO. So what we saw of President Trump in Europe was what we saw of President Trump as a candidate.” PresidentSupportiveSkepticalNato Author:Amy Walter
“We support the constitutional right of American women to consult their own conscience, their own supportive partner, their own minister, but then make their own decision about pregnancy. That's something we trust American women to do that. And we don't think that women should be punished, as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.” ThinkingDecisionSupportConscienceAbortionPregnancySupportive Author:Tim Kaine
“I knew I wanted to go to college and I wanted to study it acting, so I just looked for the best school that I could get into. Luckily, I had very supportive parents. I went to a conservatory that is basically drama school. You take one English class and one history class for four years but you don't take any other science or anything like that. It's strictly, from 7am until night, all acting. It's a lot. Some people find it too much, but for me I was preparing for a career and I never really looked back.” PeopleSchoolNightParentActingStudyCollegeDramaSupportive Author:Patrick Wilson
“In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking about below a hundred. So there aren't thousands of people scrapping for the same money and for the same jobs. I went out in Nottingham the other night and there's a really beautiful community of people who are really supportive. It's not this back-stabbing thing, high-rent, high-cost, high-tension. Up here we are independent filmmakers and there's a lovely sense of camaraderie.” PeopleBeautifulFilmNightCommunityIndependentLovelyFilmmakerSupportiveReally BeautifulCamaraderie Author:Shane Meadows
“Hank Willis Thomas is great. He's the one who "discovered" my work and saw something that I didn't see. He's still constantly pushing me to try out new ideas and not be afraid of what other people will say. He truly is a mentor, and I often ask him about the art world, how to juggle it all and not lose your mind. It would be like accepting an award without thanking him because he really has been so supportive.” PeopleWorldTryingMindArtAcceptingMentorSupportive Author:Toyin Odutola
“I love the theatre and I love working in the theatre but I'm a big cinefile and I love the movies. I also do scribble but to limited success! I think I find being in a room on my own quite hard, which I think a lot of actors do because what we do is so inter-active. It's a very supportive profession... despite its reputation for being highly competitive it's actually one of the most collaborative professions you can do in the arts because you're always working in a team.” ThinkingArtTeamArt IsProfessionTheatreReputationSupportive Author:Romola Garai
“My dad, Julien Temple, is unbelievable, so supportive. He's helped me to make such important decisions and he's so proud. I really admire him... I think he's one of the most talented people in this industry, so to have him be proud of what I'm doing is incredible.” PeopleThinkingImportantDecisionProudDadIncrediblesMy DadAdmireBe ProudUnbelievableSupportive Author:Juno Temple
“I guess I wanted to emulate the artists that my parents were listening to when I was growing up. I've always had this affinity for folk music, and music in general, for as long as I can remember. So as soon as I could start playing shows, I did. And my parents were really supportive of me the entire time.” LongRememberArtistParentGrowing UpListeningSupportiveFolk Music Author:Sarah Jaffe
“As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find. I never thought I would pursue mathematics until my last year in high school. I grew up in a family with three siblings. My parents were always very supportive and encouraging. It was important for them that we have meaningful and satisfying professions, but they didn't care as much about success and achievement.” ImportantCareKidsSchoolReadingParentNovelAchievementHigh SchoolExcitingMathematicsProfessionMeaningfulSupportiveSibling Author:Maryam Mirzakhani
“When you're offered a job to serve your country, you step back and assess. And once I spoke with President Trump and told him what I thought I needed to be successful - which was to be a Cabinet member; to be on the National Security Council, where I could be a part of the policy decisions; and to be able to say what I wanted to say - how do you not do that job? He was incredibly supportive. He's continued to be. I love a good challenge, and this certainly has been that.” CountryPresidentChallengesDecisionSuccessfulSecurityPolicyBeing SuccessfulNational SecuritySupportive Author:Nikki Haley
“I've remained a supporter of the Obama administration, even at the height of my ordeal. There's a lot that he could do differently, but so much of what he's tried to do has been blocked by the Republican officeholders. I think that he could have been a much better president with more support. So, I'm still supportive of him.” ThinkingPresidentSupportRepublicanSupporterSupportiveBlocked Author:Shirley Sherrod
“We met a couple months before the In the Land of Blood and Honey filming started. Angelina Jolie said, "Whatever you want, just ask for it." So we sat down and talked about it. She was great from the beginning, saying that this is essentially a story of my kind, my experience, my war, my country. In a way, she was giving us blank check to fill in the emotional landscape and do our best, really. She was really supportive and kind and open and creative.” GivingKindWarCountryCreativeEmotionalCoupleSatSupportive Author:Goran Kostic
“The meaningful work and the meaningful relationships are, to me, comparable rewards. I think being on a mission to do something great is great, and to be on that mission with people who you have really meaningful relationships with not only provides both types of rewards, but it's mutually supportive. Because you can have tough love, but there's also the love part of that in terms of the caring for each other, and when you have the caring you can be tougher on each other. Some people describe it as an intellectual Navy Seals.” PeopleThinkingTermIntellectualToughCaringMeaningfulSupportiveNavyReally MeanSealsMeaningful WorkMeaningful Relationship Author:Ray Dalio
“I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up - but she was someone who never forced us to go swim or to go do this or that. She helped us think about certain consequences when we needed to, but we made our own decisions. I think if I were forced to swim, I wouldn't have stayed in the pool as long as I did.” ThinkingLongMotherStrongDecisionGrowing UpConsequenceSwimMy SisterPoolSupportive Author:Michael Phelps
“If you just try to make rational arguments about why people should care about Congo and how 5 million people have died, then people tend not to be receptive. But once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.” PeopleTryingCareEmpathyArgumentRationalSupportiveCongo Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“What we've noticed is that people latch onto our music, and are very, very supportive of it, even almost defensive about it. Quite fanatical, some fans, aren't they? Just like they are in England, once they get a hold of "their" band, they don't want their band to get too big anyways.” PeopleSupportive Author:Jez Williams
“The comedy community is fairly supportive of human beings in general. There are some things you can teach with comedy that people can't learn by being hit over the head with facts. I think, as comedians, we're trying to change the world. It's slow, but sure.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingCommunityTeachComedyComedianChanging The WorldSupportiveTrying To Change Author:Colin Mochrie
“I think we have to continue to protect women on social media, who are coming out in a world that can still be very harsh towards them, so that they do not feel that they are alone. And of course, some of these attacks happen on social media, so we do need to provide a counter narrative - a supportive narrative - so that the voices of those that are punitive towards women does not become the dominant voice.” ThinkingWorldProtectSocial MediaHarshSupportive Author:Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
“When my parents realized that what I liked was fashion, they gave me good advice. I remember my father telling me that I should try to do an internship. They never said, "This is a world we don't know; it might be something strange," or "That is not serious," or things like that. They always said, "Try. We'll help you. We'll send drawings to people if you want. We'll write letters for you." What I'm very thankful for is they never made me think that something was impossible. They were really, really supportive. They are still.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingTryingHelpingRememberFatherParentImpossibleAdviceFashionStrangeSeriousSupportiveGood AdviceVery Thankful Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“I do feel like L.A. has a very supportive and collaborative energy. I felt that in New York too but also there's so much space here! You can have a home studio. In New York you had to rent a room to do a session or to practice. As a solo artist, it was a lot more expensive. Here there is that comfort in lifestyle a little bit more, being able to breathe a little bit more, and creatively flow, not having to stress about how to get our gear there in a cab and pay by the hour, it's just a different vibe.” DifferentHomeArtistEnergyHoursComfortStressBreatheLifestyleSupportiveCab Author:Alex Winston
“Yes, when they're buying there are more buyers in the market and that's supportive of the price. The more buyers you have, the firmer the price is going to be. When central banks were selling it was a headwind the market had to overcome. Now it's a tailwind that central banks are joining the buyers.” OvercomingSellingSupportive Author:Peter Schiff
“What I consider a good part for a woman and what some other Hollywood people think are good women's parts are very different. I don't' want to play the supportive girlfriend who has nine scenes and just loves that man, maybe cheats on him in one scene but will always be there, and I mean - give me a break. You'll be offered the "lead" in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, "a fabulous part" - a fabulous part? A fabulous part is a character with a soul, who starts here and goes to there, you know? There aren't many of those.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingMeanDifferentSoulCharacterFilmBreakSceneHotGirlfriendCheatFabulousSupportiveGood Woman Author:Laura Dern
“When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But I said, "I really want to record these songs quickly and not turn them into dance music." And he was fairly supportive - maybe not wholly supportive. But then you learn that no one's about to quit the band, so it seems good and healthy.” SongHealthyConcernedHotQuittingImpressionSupportive Author:Alexis Taylor
“I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it.” SuccessFamilyCommitmentMy FamilyFortunateJealousSupportiveCongratulationsFamily LoveLove And Commitment Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able to take me to every audition and be so supportive of my career.” IfsChildrenHas BeensAbleMotherCareersLuckyTake MeAuditionsSupportiveSiblingOnly Child Author:Lea Michele
“I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.” StoriesGroupsLuckySupportiveGroup Of FriendsSupportive Family Author:Sienna Miller