“Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.” HardEnoughFeelingsEmotionalPressureDishesParalysisPressured Author:Jennifer Lynch
“It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house, by your children. If you're lucky, your kids will help you make that distinction.” IfsChildrenHardHelpingKidsHouseChildhoodEmotionalLuckyOur ChildrenLegacyRememberedYour ChildrenDistinctionLucky You Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.” WritingFirstsBelieveWellsIdeasHardGamesLostBornPerfectAcceptingEmotionalPercentEssenceOddsEquityRewritingWriting Well Author:William Zinsser
“I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.” ThinkingKindHardUseAbleUsedYouthEmotionalApproachSingingWorking ItJust Being Author:K. D. Lang
“Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.” IfsWritingHardPlansEmotionalHarderEmotional Things Author:Lauren Miller
“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesHardPlayWantedDecisionTalkingEmotionalPercentHardestOur FamilyAccomplishedHardest ThingNhlHard Decision Author:Chris Chelios
“By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well as an intellectual experience. Each time you make a mistake, you're learning from the school of hard knocks, which is the best education available.” WellsHardSchoolLevelsMistakeRiskEmotionalDutyIntellectualAvailableHeavyExposingBest EducationExposing YourselfSchool Of Hard Knocks Author:Gifford Pinchot
“A continuous perception is taking place deep within the mind. It is hard to hear that signal because it is blurred over by your own thoughts, desires, and fears. It is blurred over by your emotional swings. You become dull.” MindHardDesireSeeingEmotionalPerceptionDullSwingsSignalsDeep Within Author:Frederick Lenz