“I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.” HardStuffCareersTraveled Author:Laura Lippman
“I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.” PeopleHardStuffFiguresNormalHeightFrightenedSpidersThings That Are Hard Author:Haley Joel Osment
“I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.” PeopleSometimesHardGamesStuffGoes OnFitDedicatedHacks Author:Jamie Redknapp
“I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.” WorldArtHardArtistStuffGoes OnArt World Author:Frank Stella
“To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.” LooksEndsHardCharacterStuffDrivenPlotCool Stuff Author:Billy West
“When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it's just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.” WantBookSometimesHardStuffOpinionFiguresCriticsInternalsGet OverCritiqueClassmates Author:Veronica Roth
“Practically everybody (1) overweighs the stuff that can be numbered, because it yields to the statistical techniques they’re taught in academia, and (2) doesn’t mix in the hard-to-measure stuff that may be more important. That is a mistake I’ve tried all my life to avoid, and I have no regrets for having done that.” MayImportantHardDoneStuffMistakeTaughtRegretTechniqueYieldNo RegretsAcademiaHave No Regrets Author:Charlie Munger
“My son is in a band, and he’s a singer, and his vocals … they’re screaming-growling stuff … and he’s got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I’m, like, “Hats off to you.”” HardStuffVoicePracticeFiveMinutesSonBandLosingSingersReasonableHatsMy SonFive MinutesVocalHats OffGrowling Author:Bruce Dickinson
“I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music.” PeopleI CanMatterHardStuffSubjectsConvincedBelieverCreepsUfoSubject Matter Author:Black Francis
“To do a comedy team, it requires so much extracurricular stuff, so much compromise, so much intuitiveness to know what the other guy is doing. That's why it's so hard to do it.” KnowsHardGuyStuffComedyTeamCompromiseOther Guys Author:Cheech Marin
“You have to celebrate the gifts because life is so hard and I think once you realize life's gonna be hard, the good stuff really comes forward.” ThinkingHardLife IsStuffRealizingCelebrateRealize Life Author:Dana Reeve
“The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.” PeopleWayI CanHardDiesStuffDealsWatchesViolenceSeeingHarderHard TimesHorrific Author:Matthew Lillard
“I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanHardDiesStuffWorstPaperPapersBlogsColumnsEphemeralPeru Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Usually the hard stuff you’re forced to do makes you learn a lot.” HardStuff Author:Lauren Barnholdt
“We could tell them [alien civilization] things that we have discovered in the realm of mathematical physics, but there is stuff that I would like to know. There are some famous problems like how to bring gravitation and quantum physics together, the long-sought-after theory of quantum gravity. But it may be hard to understand the answer that comes back.” KnowsMayLongHardProblemTogetherStuffAnswersTheoryCivilizationPhysicsAliensMathematicalRealmsGravityQuantumQuantum PhysicsGravitation Author:Paul Davies
“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 have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that.” PeopleFirstsKindMeanDifferentHardPlayWantedGuyStuffStreetsPoetMaterialsPerceptionNotionDifferent Kinds Author:Matt Dillon
“I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.” ThinkingHardStuffEntrepreneurUselessDistractionAbandoned Author:Seth Godin
“I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.” WorldBelieveStillsRealHardWholeDreamStuffGrowing UpGrowingTeamTypeNbaBeing Real Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Quiet book-learning in monasteries and ethereal music, sonnets and courtly lovethat stuff is all fantasyand veneer? You couldn't afford to let the beauty of the thing seduce you too far or you forgot the truth and the truth was always hard as iron bloody bars.” BookHardStuffQuietBarsIronBloodySonnetSeducingEtherealMonasteriesVeneerBook Learning Author:Janice Galloway
“Don’t make stuff because you want to make money - it will never make you enough money. And don’t make stuff because you want to get famous - because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people - and work hard on making those gifts in the hope that those people will notice and like the gifts.” PeopleWantFeelsHardEnoughStuffHard WorkMaking Money Author:John Green
“The way you succeed at all this stuff is by stopping trying to succeed and just working very hard without thinking about it, just trusting, completely. It's that faith that creates the bridge on which you walk across to eternity.” ThinkingWayTryingHardStuffWalksBuddhismSucceedEternityBuddhistBridgesStoppingEtiquetteTrying To SucceedWorking Very Hard Author:Frederick Lenz
“All the lawyers and the business stuff is work, but actually creating stuff isn't work. It's good effort. It's hard work. But, it's not work. It doesn't feel like work because the result is very rewarding.” FeelsHardStuffResultsEffortHard WorkCreatingLawyerWorking It Author:David Copperfield
“My job is to make people dream. Of course, there's a lot of technical stuff behind the scenes and a lot of hard work behind it, but I get to watch people see the result of that hard work and feel that wonder and feel that discovery, all the time.” PeopleFeelsHardDreamJobsCoursesStuffResultsBehindsWonderWatchesHard WorkSceneDiscoveryBehind The Scenes Author:David Copperfield
“If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff - it would be too much.” IfsThinkingLongHardWould BeActorsStuffTermToo MuchBalancePartnersLong TermStrainMortgage Author:Rory McCann
“As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.” KindHardStuffClaritySongwriters Author:Stone Gossard
“It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and "Touch this, that, and the other," it's too much for me. I find it hard to tolerate that sort of stuff. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. You're wasting everyone's time.” IfsHardActorsStuffEnjoyEnvironmentToo MuchChairsTolerateStressful Author:Paddy Considine