Fred Sinowatz Quotes

Alone I'm nothing.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.

Party service does not require intelligent, independent action, and politics today stands for party fealty more than for governmental ethics

Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

I think the best thing I could ever teach my daughter is that she's not an object or a trophy, and that she can trust in herself and believe in herself and that you are not your things, and you are not your job.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.

I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.

I don't belong to anyone.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

I am an organization Democrat. I never in my life cast a vote against my own judgement, except I had to go along with the Democratic organization. I have done that. I will do it again. You must have organization.

By a Party, With a Party, but for the Country.

What matters the party to me? I shall find enough anyhow who unite with me without swearing allegiance

My sister basically showed me how to be a person for many years of my life. I just didn't really fit anywhere, and my sister was always really comfortable in who she was.

I have a reputation and name myself, everyone knows that. But I believe in myself as well.

I felt my whole life like I didn't have a family, and I needed one. So I had to build one, and you build one with faith, hope, and the healing power of love - or you end up the 'Unabomber.' That's the choice.