“It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.” KnowsLastsThreeEasyDifficultTaxesPaidBillsCongressAccomplishAlternativesMinimumSimplification Author:Richard Neal
“Chess, which exists predominantly in two dimensions, is one of the world's most difficult games. Three-dimensional chess is an invitation to insanity. But human relationships, even of the simplest order, are like a kind of four-dimensional chess, a game whose pieces and positions change subtly and inexorably between moves, whose players stare dumbly while their powerful positions deteriorate into hopeless predicaments and while improbable combinations suddenly become inevitable. To make matters worse, some games are open to any number of players, and all sides are expected to win.” WorldHumansKindTwoMatterMovingOrderThreeGamesWinningDifficultSidesPowerfulNumbersPiecesFourPlayerPositionExpectedChessInevitableCombinationStaringInsanityDimensionsHopelessSimplestInvitationsHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsImprobablePredicaments Book:Time and the Art of Living Source: Time and the Art of Living
“The Tories had the legal right to demand extra meetings of the council but I could decide when they would be held and always called them for Friday afternoons, knowing that three or four of the richer Tories went to the country early and were not prepared to stay in the city beyond lunchtime. I realised that nothing in politics is new when I read in Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars that Julius Caesar pulled the same trick when reactionaries in the senate were making his life difficult.” CountryWould BeThreeDifficultCitiesKnowingFourDemandMeetingsPreparedTricksExtrasAfternoonSenateTwelveFridayCouncilRealisedReactionariesJuliusLunchtimeFriday Afternoon Author:Ken Livingstone
“My first job was with the Burns Detective Agency. They sent me over to the East River to guard coal barges during these god-awful hours like three to six in the morning. It wasn't a very difficult job -- all I had to do was make a round every fifteen minutes -- but it turned out to be a great environment for writing. I was completely alone in a little outhouse with an electric heater and a little desk.” WritingFirstsLittlesJobsThreeDifficultHoursMorningEnvironmentMinutesSixRiversRoundsEastAwfulAgencyElectricFifteenDesksCoalDetectivesBarges Author:Sam Shepard
“The first thing I did when I was forty years old, I put handcuffs on and I jumped off Alcatraz prison and swam to San Francisco handcuffed. That made national publicity. Then, there were three or four years where I would do more difficult feats. Another birthday I towed a thousand pound boat across the Golden Gate. On my 65th Birthday I towed 65 boats a mile and a half in Tokyo. On my 70th Birthday I towed 70 boats with 70 people in it with my feet and hands tied a mile and a half in Long Beach.... My next Birthday I will be 93. I'm gonna tow my wife across the bathtub.” PeopleYearsFirstsLongMadeHandsThreeNextDifficultHalfFourWifeFeetThousandPrisonMy WifeMilesGoldenBoatBeachFortyPoundsGatesFour YearsTiedSan FranciscoPublicityFeatsTokyoBathtubsHandcuffsTowHands TiedForty Years OldLong BeachAlcatraz Author:Jack LaLanne
“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
“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
“When I say I am going to run three miles, I run five. With that mentality, it is actually difficult to lose.” RunningThreeDifficultLosesFiveMilesMentality Author:Will Smith
“Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!” SometimesRunningThreeDifficultPracticeBassThree Words Author:Glenn Hughes
“I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll never coach again. It's still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it's hard to just be a fan. But it's easier now than it was the first two or three years.” YearsFirstsStillsTwoHardThreeGamesDifficultRealizingPlayerFansMissingCoupleEasierStrategyCoachesThree YearsStadiumsGame Day Author:Tom Osborne
“We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.” IfsWantGivingYearsWellsLongTwoWholeUsedThreeDifficultEventsThese DaysInstantThree YearsCraveJumpersSprinters Author:Daley Thompson
“The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.” UseThreeDifficultForgetSecretInjuryLeisureThings In LifeDifficult Things Author:Bruce Lee
“What we've been trying to do is difficult. You know it's difficult to win one, to win two. Madness to win three. But to try and come back to win it again should be impossible really.” KnowsShouldTryingTwoThreeWinningDifficultImpossibleMadness Author:Brian Cody
“Any comic can get on the radio show and be funny. You can get that on any morning radio show or afternoon radio show. There are plenty of people who do that. It's not a difficult format, to sit around with two or three comics and be funny.” PeopleTwoShowsThreeDifficultMorningRadioPlentyComicAfternoonFormat Author:Marc Maron