“I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.” ImportantProblemFeltDifficultEffortEssentialsPursuitJustifyGood Science Author:Paul Nurse
“I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.” YearsMomentsFeltDifficultCareersComfortableSevenGrassSeven YearsDifficult TimesDifficult Moments Author:Marat Safin
“I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.” GivingTryingArtI CanRememberArtistFeltDifficultFascinationYeats Author:Lucian Freud
“There was something about that form of comedy that's just difficult. It never really felt like you could just fully commit to all the colors that you carry with you.” FormFeltDifficultComedyColorLike YouCommit Author:Donal Logue
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and having felt people's love and support first-hand through difficult moments in my life, makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. I am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.” PeopleWayFeelsFirstsHeartMomentsHelpingHandsOpportunityFeltDifficultResponsibilitySupportMy HeartConnectedSeparationImmigrantsPrivilegedDifficult MomentsClose To My Heart Author:Gloria Estefan
“In my mind I first felt like, Oh, I'll be back to work right after the babies are born. But then you don't want to. Even now, it's very difficult for me to leave them in the morning. It just tortures me. I'm like, It's been hours; are they wondering where I am? Do they know that I love them so much and I'm thinking only about them?” ThinkingKnowsWantMindFirstsFeltDifficultBornHoursWonderMorningBabyTortureBack To Work Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Technically, the last number of years, partially from the injury, it's been difficult to push forward but I felt even before the injury that I still could do more and was sort of at a stalemate.” YearsStillsLastsFeltSportsDifficultNumbersInjuryStalemate Author:Elvis Stojko
“Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.” WorldWayYearsLongImportantEndsFeltDifficultStruggleCreativeTreatsThe End Of The DayPersonal LifeIntertwinedCreative LifeProfessional LifeAnd At The End Of The DayPersonal And Professional Life Author:Skylar Grey
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.” FeelsWritingWellsLastsThreeFeltDifficultNumbersSuccessfulFiveMinutesListsFive MinutesDifficult Days Author:Jacqueline Briskin
“Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside.” FeltDifficultKnownGoneTakenHusbandOur FamilyDesperateMy HusbandDifficult TimesSo Sad Author:Tracey Gold
“I always felt, and I still feel, that the media doesn't belong in a public official's private life. It's a very difficult balance, because if you are elected to public office, people have a right to know a great deal about you, and the press has an absolute obligation to report all of that. But the reality is that there are times in which the reporting is really happening for almost voyeuristic reasons, in the gossip columns. Maybe half of it is wrong, and half of it is correct, and a lot of it is exaggerated. You've just got to get used to that if you're in public life.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsStillsReasonRealityUsedFeltDifficultDealsHalfMediaBalanceOfficeHappeningsAbsolutesPressesObligationOfficialsReportsGossipPrivate LifeColumnsPublic LifeExaggeratedPublic OfficePublic Officials Author:Rudy Giuliani
“My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.” HardFeltDifficultStruggleDadMy DadSeekingRevengeDifficult Life Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The idea of being given things that you don't necessarily deserve was always a difficult one for me to negotiate, and so I really always felt that I had to prove myself. Being the daughter of a famous man I guess is more easy than being the daughter of a famous woman, but at the same time there was a sense of really, with me, of wanting to earn my own way.” MenWayIdeasGivenFeltEasyDifficultMy OwnProveDaughterDeserveFamous WomenProve MyselfOne For Me Author:Anjelica Huston
“I was in fact anxious about whether I would be any good at being a father. And then I met so many people who had been good parents under difficult circumstances, and I felt inspired by them.” PeopleFactsWould BeFatherFeltParentDifficultCircumstancesMetsInspiredAnxiousBeing A FatherGood ParentDifficult Circumstances Author:Andrew Solomon