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I came from a privileged background, which I am entirely grateful for, but it played a part in my feeling that I couldn't complain…

— Adwoa Aboah

My obvious happiness and open, sharing nature made me vulnerable to people with ulterior motives.

— Sonja Morgan

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

— Lars von Trier

Being in the neighborhood and the poverty stricken environment that I grew up in, I took a detour. I gravitated towards some of the…

— Kevin Gates

Early on, my emotional work had to do with feeling unheard and invisible.

— Daphne Zuniga

As I looked about the world, so much of it impoverished, I became increasingly uncomfortable about having so much while my brothers and sisters…

— Peace Pilgrim

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was going on around me in society.

— Helen Garner

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

— Oprah Winfrey

I've had moments when I questioned my place in the world. At times, especially in seventh grade, life was lonely and I'd often feel…

— Brittney Griner

When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a…

— Philippe Petit

I was in such a state of deprivation physical and emotional. When I got home, I couldnt react to the chaos of the world…

— Anonymous

I would say a lot of the emotion in what I do is a sort of a thankfulness for those energies being around, because…

— John Frusciante