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I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

— Althea Gibson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

— Misty May-Treanor

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

— Tom Bergeron

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

— Robert Downey, Jr.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

— Mike Lee

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

— Robert Smith

I want to be successful, and I want to do good, but I also want to be myself.

— Mackenzie Foy

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

— Angelina Jolie

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

— Andrea Bocelli

✗Opposing Perspectives

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.

— Stephen Harper

I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, 'Look, I have a comfortable life,' and I... just think about myself, I don't think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people.

— George Weah