“Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...” LongHas BeensEndsReasonMotherParentDifficultInterestSuccessfulNiceHappenedLuckyProveLong TimeThe End Of The DayMumLong Time AgoProve MyselfYour Mum Author:Stuart Rose
“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before. To speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to speak the truth. The wish alone is not enough. To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.” KnowsMenWorldWantFirstsLongIdeasEnoughLyingCertainOrderSpeakWishDifficultGrowthResultsDealsStudyTruth IsLong TimeBuiltFoundationOneselfAcquireConceptionDifficult ThingsSpeak The Truth Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“Hollywood is a strange place. The class structure here is more rigid than almost anyplace I've ever experienced. It's made more difficult by the fact that it's constantly changing. You never know what class you belong to unless you're one of the two or three people that have been in the same echelon for a long, long time.” PeopleKnowsLongHas BeensMadeTwoFactsThreeDifficultClassStrangeLong TimeHollywoodStructureStrange Places Author:Alan Arkin
“All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.” IfsFeelsLongHas BeensJobsTurnsActorsDifficultPeriodsLong TimeSickGamblingStomach Author:Bill Nighy
“The issues which have created the difficult, multiplex conditions our umma finds itself in have been accumulating over a long time. The treatment is going to be multidimensional, prolonged and has to be cumulative.” LongHas BeensDifficultIssuesConditionsLong TimeTreatmentCumulative Author:Habib Ali al-Jifri
“It's always difficult to say goodbye, especially when one has spent a long time - literally years, in the case of a series - inside a character or two, suffering and celebrating with them.” YearsLongTwoCharacterSufferingDifficultCasesLong TimeSeriesCelebrateGoodbyeSaying Goodbye Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're in a massive film. I was terrified for quite a long time.” KnowsTryingLongBigsFilmEasyDifficultLong TimeRelaxMassiveTerrified Author:Benedict Cumberbatch