#stigma

I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department, so the kind of drama-geek stigma wasn't really there in my high school. ↗

— Matt Damon

#doing #drama #good #good drama #had

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again. ↗

— David Dinkins

#almost #back #bankruptcy #businesses #certain

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#expensive #feel #felt #go #growing

I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott. ↗

— Sam Elliott

#goes #great #i #known #sam

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#attorney #attorney general #challenged #criminal #general

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity. ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#controversy #crackpot #danger #expose #fear

Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#battle #debilitating #disorder #divorce #effects

I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#felt #i #mrs #stigma #third

People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma. ↗

— Taylor Hanson

#band #because #been #get #hard

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#baby #breaking #depression #down #i