My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.
It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.
Maybe the universe will get tired of me.
I'd be lying if I say that not scoring a Test century was a burden on me.
After our life history was shown on the silver screen and much appreciated by the audiences, I have more of a responsibility on my shoulders now.
As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves
I took it as my personal responsibility to be able to juggle. I didn't want anybody to help me and I didn't expect my office to make it easy for me.
... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.
It's pretty much, having everything on your shoulder versus depending on an entire team.
I really carried that seventh-round tag with me my whole career, even at the end.
Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.
It's hard enough to be alive and human, without the additional burden of being me.
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
Everyone has issues, and I'm not someone who likes to burden people.
If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep...An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
My difficulties belong to me!
I would hate to see a UFO. Because it would ruin my life. I would have to talk about it the rest of my life, and everybody in the room would go, "Poor Kevin." Because you could not turn your back on the idea that you saw it.
You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't feel as lieutenant governor.
No matter how carefully you plan it, there are times when you suddenly find yourself a committee of one, in charge of lifting the entire world with a lever.
With 'Atonement,' I put a lot of pressure on myself, and then I made an advert for Chanel, which 'broke the camel's back' emotionally.
I’ve never tried to keep a specific person alive before, and it’s much more troublesome than I would have believed. But that’s probably just because it’s you. Ordinary people seem to make it through the day without so many catastrophes.
I'm interested in directing, but it's a real headache. Directing can be a real pain in the ass, because you not only have to worry about yourself, but all these other people coming to you with their problems. I like just worrying about myself.
There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.
Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul?
