“I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn't care - I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!” YearsCareWantedMotherDifficultGrowingHairYears AgoLet MeSticksCurlsPerms Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing.” PeopleFeelsTryingBelieveLittlesDifferentWantedBitsDifficultDoorsHonestFindingsLittle BitUnderstoodLabelsClownKnocking Author:Emeli Sande
“The imaginative leap for me of writing for women is no more difficult than the one of writing for men. I've always wanted to have women well represented in the work that I've done because I've always been around them and around the way they look at the world.” MenWorldWayWritingWellsLooksDoneWantedDifficultLeapImaginative Author:Anthony Minghella
“A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we still use today, like ‘Robert’, and in some case I tweaked them a little bit. I made ‘Edward’ into ‘Eddard’. If you look back at medieval times, no one knew how to spell their own names. There are a lot of variations that we’ve lost.” IfsLooksLittlesMadeStillsUseTodayWantedNamesLostBitsDifficultCasesFantasyToo MuchLittle BitEnglandSpellsVariationMedievalFlavourMedieval Times Author:George R. R. Martin
“Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do.” IfsYearsMatterWantedFoundDifficultInterestSubjectsMastersInterest In Life Book:Beyond Horizons Source: Beyond Horizons
“It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes facility comes because one is more interested in looking at things, examining them, more interested in the visual world than other people are.” PeopleWorldSometimesWantedArtistDifficultDecidedObservationVisualsFacilityExamining Book:David Hockney Source: David Hockney
“He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.” IfsWantedRememberFatherDifficultBeatsAngryRunnersCatch Me Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.” MenWayBelieveStillsWantedArtistCultureDifficultMen And WomenHumbleAidsArtisticAtmospherePermitCompelledMachineryPassivity Book:Complete Essays: 1930-1935 Source: Complete Essays: 1930-1935
“It struck me that Steve Jobs, known to be such a brilliant speaker, had a very difficult time explaining things when he was younger. He was describing technology that didn't exist. He had MIT engineers, and he was trying to tell them what he wanted; but there were no terms for what he wanted yet. I think a lot of his early frustration was trying to quickly get his vision to the finish line.” ThinkingTryingWantedJobsDifficultTermLinesKnownVisionTechnologyBrilliantFrustrationSpeakersEngineersExplainingDifficult TimesDescribingFinish LineMitExplaining Things Author:Joshua Michael Stern
“All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult?” LifeTryingWantedDifficultLive LifeDifficult Life Book:Demian Source: Demian
“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
“You want attention, you want to grab some of that airspace that exists out there in a world that's very difficult to get it because it's so competitive and to get it for more than a few seconds. Any attention is good and that can be what we would normally consider as bad attention so I wanted to make you aware of that dynamic.” WorldWantWantedDifficultAttentionSeconds Author:Robert Greene
“The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different even if there's a risk of it going wrong.” IfsChildrenBookDifferentWantedDifficultRiskSeriesTeethFourthPullingPublishersLinkedChildren's Books Author:Mark Haddon
“If your project or organization depends on knowing things that other people don't know (but could find out if they wanted to), your days are probably numbered. Ask a travel agent The alternative, while difficult, is obvious. Provide enough non-commodity service and customization that it doesn't matter if the ideas spread. In fact, it will help you when they do.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasMatterEnoughFactsHelpingWantedAsksDifficultKnowingDependsProjectsOrganizationObviousSpreadAgentsAlternativesCommodityKnowing ThingsTravel Agent Author:Seth Godin
“Once you have something so deeply infused in your culture and your brand, it would be very difficult to reverse that inertia if you wanted to.” IfsWould BeWantedCultureDifficultBrandsReverseInertia Author:Andrew Mason
“I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.” WantedDifficultArtisticIranCensorship Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I still love Marvel to death and I had a great experience, and it was a really tough decision to leave Marvel. It was a very easy decision to come to DC; it was very difficult to leave Marvel. And I really wanted to draw Batman, and really, that was entirely the discussion when it came to coming to DC.” StillsWantedEasyDifficultDecisionDrawsToughDiscussionGreat ExperiencesTough Decisions Author:David Finch