“It is such hard work to keep your heart hidden! And worse, by the time you find it easy, it will be harder still to show it. It is a terrible magic in this world to ask for exactly the thing you want. Not least because to know exactly the thing you want and look it in the eye is a long, long labor.” KnowsWorldWantLooksHeartLongStillsHardShowsEyeAsksEasyMagicThis WorldHard WorkTerribleLaborHarder Book:The Fairyland Series Source: The Fairyland Series
“Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.” IfsKnowsLittlesHardPlayAsksPlayerHarderHonestlyTrashIt Is What It IsHolding BackTrash Talk Author:Jason Babin
“I think it's just that the private lives of our public leaders are so much more exposed today that if you're sensitive to protecting your family, it's much harder to not get defensive when somebody asks you those really rude questions about what your wife and your children are thinking and feeling at that exact moment.” IfsThinkingChildrenMomentsFeelingsTodayAsksLeaderWifeHarderOur ChildrenOur FamilyYour ChildrenSensitiveExposedRudePrivate Life Author:Stephen Ambrose
“Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?” IfsMenFirstsLittlesReasonEarthFormMotherAsksFieldsWeakHarderStrongerBlindWeedShadeOaksMother EarthSatellitesPresumptuous Book:Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)
“Ask yourself every couple of minutes, 'Can I go harder? Can I do more?' You've got so much power. Show me.” ShowsAsksMinutesCoupleHarderShow Me Author:Chalene Johnson
“We no longer just take religious identity from our parents, so what's going on? Why are people going to this series, why are people reading so many books about religion? It's because they want answers. The answers are no longer just passed down from generation to generation. It's harder for people. In effect, you have to roll up your sleeve and ask the questions. But if you do it, if you forge your own identity, it can be much more personal and much more meaningful to you.” PeopleIfsWantBookReadingAsksParentReligiousAnswersGenerationsEffectsIdentityHarderSeriesMeaningfulSleevesReligious Identity Author:Bruce Feiler
“I've never been motivated by the award thing. There's a certain thing that this fame thing does that makes my job harder, in a way. I'm still working with that. I don't think about it too much until somebody asks me a question, and then I think about it.” ThinkingWayDoeStillsJobsCertainAsksToo MuchFameHarderAsk MeAwardsMotivated Author:Jeff Bridges
“I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.” IfsRealProblemCoursesActorsAsksRealizingAbilityActingTalkingFrontsListeningHarderCamerasHardestAssistantsNot TalkingRetarded Author:Brett Ratner