#longed

Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life. ↗

— Gil Hodges

#children #dodgers #filled #good #good times

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#belonged #i #life #simply #theater

At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged to craft unions, comparatively few went back to the mills. And as a whole, the strike was conducted with little violence. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

#back #belonged #comparatively #conducted #craft

I never belonged anywhere. I just felt like a creature from another planet. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#anywhere #belonged #creature #felt #i

Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#because #black #free #i #longed

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#afraid #could #decide #effort #kinds

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#before #belonged #brother #considerably #different

When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#almost #barbie #belonged #biographies #books

The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#daughter #distant #grew #i #into

I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation. ↗

— William Odom

#belonged #i #never #party