“Painting it was hard graft. There are one and a half large tubes of white in the ground - yet that ground is very dark.” HardDarkWhiteHalfPaintingDifficultyTubes Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their maiden vows, Grow not as this face grows from pale to bright.” HardFacesGrowsWhiteRedGardenRoseBlowEastPaleVowPardonFrightMaidensRose GardenRed RoseWhite RoseSnowdrops Author:Algernon Charles Swinburne
“Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep and then pushing it away. A good night's sleep is my white whale. Like Ahab, I am also a total drama queen about it. I love to talk about how little sleep I get. I brag about it, as if it is a true indication of how hard I work.” IfsLittlesHardNightSleepWhiteDramaQueensPushingGood FriendChasingIndicationWhalesGood NightBragGood RelationshipPushing ItAhab Author:Amy Poehler
“It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their ability to execute any White House agenda.” IfsHardHouseAbilityWhiteRepublicanLimitsCongressTiesAgendasWhite HouseMomentumDisarray Author:Calvin Jillson
“Mitt Romney is doing what he can. He's trying very hard. He wants to unite America, the rich with the wealthy, the poor with the indigent, and the white with the Caucasian.” WantTryingHardAmericaWhitePoorRichWealthyRomneyCaucasian Author:David Letterman
“The busy chatter of the heat Shrilled like a parakeet; And shuddering at the noonday light The dust lay dead and white As powder on a mummy's face, Or fawned with simian grace Round booths with many a hard bright toy And wooden brittle joy: The cap and bells of Time the Clown That, jangling, whistled down Young cherubs hidden in the guise Of every bird that flies; And star-bright masks for youth to wear, Lest any dream that fare Bright pilgrim past our ken, should see Hints of Reality.” ShouldHardDreamRealityLightPastFacesYoungJoyStarsWhiteGraceYouthBirdLaysRoundsBusyDustHeatMaskBellsToysClownHintsCapsPilgrimPowderGuiseChatterMummyShudderingCherubsParakeets Book:The canticle of the rose: poems: 1917-1949 Source: The canticle of the rose: poems: 1917-1949
“I was in New York when Clinton was elected the first time, and everyone I knew was in a state of mad euphoria. I wondered what had happened to my hard-headed friends? Almost everyone I knew was drunk on this great white hope. The next time I was in New York, no one had a good word to say about Clinton, but everyone was in love with Hillary. She was the last word. It's all so unreal. Of course, it's no different in England. Here everyone was besotted with Tony Blair. He was a new face. Do people never learn?” PeopleFirstsDifferentHardStatesLastsFacesCoursesNextWhiteHappenedNew YorkFirst TimeEnglandMadClintonDrunkNext TimeLast WordsUnrealBlairEuphoriaGood WordsNew Faces Author:Doris Lessing
“I admire hard-bitten, wisecracking realism of Ida Lupino and the film noir heroines. I'm sick of simpering white girls with their princess fantasies.” HardFilmGirlWhiteFantasySickAdmirePrincessRealismHeroinesNoirFilm NoirWhite Girl Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“Curiously, it is hard not to be a little optimistic about the future for Zimbabwe (as nobody at all calls it yet, except in political speeches). The fear is not that there will be mass slaughter of the whites, followed by their flight to South Africa and the collapse of the economy, but that the need to retain white confidence may mean that the blacks are badly disappointed.” NeedsMayMeanLittlesHardPoliticalWhiteEconomySpeechMassSouthFlightOptimisticDisappointedCollapseSouth AfricaSlaughterZimbabwePolitical Speeches Author:Simon Hoggart
“Long may it remain in this mixed world a question not easy of decision, which is the more beautiful evidence of the Almighty's goodness, the soft white hand formed for the ministrations of sympathy and tenderness, or the rough hard hand which the heart softens, teaches, and guides in a moment.” WorldHeartMayLongHardMomentsHandsBeautifulEasyWhiteDecisionTeachGoodnessEvidenceGuidesRoughTendernessProvidenceAlmighty Author:Charles Dickens