“People see me as a person who can make them some money, which makes it hard to make real friends. I'm asked to do a lot of stuff for free - to wear certain clothes, turn up to events - people use you to make money. I think that's why I tend to jump into relationships.” PeopleThinkingPersonsRealHardUseCertainTurnsStuffEventsClothesMaking MoneyReal Friends Author:Sophie Monk
“I think what drove me away from being a reporter was an inability to accept that the world came in neat stories. Every story you have to report is just part of something bigger. The news isn't what happened last night - it's some cumulative thing that's happened over centuries. I found it hard to think of one event and drag it out of a bubbling pot and present it as the story that explains it all.” ThinkingWorldHardStoriesLastsNightFoundAcceptingHappenedCenturyEventsNewsBiggerReportsPotDragReportersInabilityLast NightNeatCumulative Author:Terry Pratchett
“It's really hard for me to use the term 'history' in the singular, because it suggests a reductivist view of how moments and events congeal and reflect the passage of time. I'd rather stick to the pluralness of 'histories' in order to suggest the simultaneity, the parallel forces at work, which produce lived experience.” HardMomentsUseOrderForceTermViewsHistoryEventsProduceSticksPassagesParallelsPassage Of Time Author:Barbara Kruger
“View life as a learning opportunity. Ask God what He wants you to learn from the situations you face. . . . When we set aside specific time to listen, He often encourages us with His presence and promises, and interprets to some degree the circumstances of life. Take advantage of the natural lull after hard times when you're pulling together the pieces to sort through the events and ferret out the lessons.” WantHardGodTogetherFacesAsksOpportunityNaturalViewsSituationPiecesEventsCircumstancesPromiseLessonsDegreesAdvantageHard TimesPullingLullsFerretsPulling Together Author:Jean Fleming
“Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts in the months and years leading up to a big event.” YearsHardBigsLosesEffortEventsHard WorkMonthsTrainingSightSessionMonotonousBig Events Author:Chris Hoy
“I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.” IfsHardNightChangeResultsEventsElectionStayingDefeatedElection DayHard DaysElection Results Author:Benjamin Harrison
“I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieved, that you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work and teamwork because no one gets there alone; and that, while we commemorate the... the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.” ThinkingMenHardMomentsDreamIndividualForgetSacrificeAchieveEventsGreatnessHard WorkAchievementMen And WomenAppreciateExtraordinaryPerseveranceDareLeapSubstitutesTeamworkDare To DreamX FilesPerseverance And Hard WorkExtraordinary Moments Book:The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies Source: The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies
“Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardFilmWinningDifficultAttentionEventsCostIndependentCirclesGoldenExpensiveAwardsLots Of MoneyGlobesOscarsExposureFestivalsIndependent FilmCampaigning Author:Kate del Castillo
“My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later it hit, when my job as Dad was sort of done and I was sending my kids to college. And somehow, the emotional intensity of that event mixed with the loss of my own dad, was kind of upsetting.” YearsKindMayTwoHardDoneKidsJobsMy OwnLossEffectsEventsEmotionalCollegeDadDiedMy DadUpsetIntensityDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Wayne Watson
“It's hard to be in these relationships where they don't call you one night and you don't think about it and then the next day they are photographed with someone coming out of an event with another girl.” ThinkingHardNightGirlNextEventsComing OutNext DayOne NightOther GirlAnother Girl Author:Chelsea Kane
“The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented by events and objects can be removed, but obstacles presented by social principles are hard to remove.” HardDesireSocialPrinciplesEventsObjectsTreatsObstaclesTreatedAbstractSicknessRemoveTaoismClinging Author:Zicheng Hong
“It's also hard to believe, because people alive today, immigration's been a daily event and a daily topic for their whole lives. They can't conceive of a period of time where there was no immigration.” PeopleBelieveHardWholeTodayAliveEventsPeriodsWhole LifeImmigrationTopicsLive For TodayHard To Believe Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We would like to participate in manifestations, in Occupies and things like that. We would like to be involved in a march. But we don't actually see the very hard work that goes to build confidence towards those events. And we don't have a shared discussion.” HardEventsHard WorkInvolvedDiscussionManifestationMarchBuilding Confidence Author:Vijay Prashad