“There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.” PeopleMenBelieveChildrenYoungFightingJusticePovertyGrowingColorDignityHarderDiedPoliceYoung ManHeelsWornReservedCustody Author:Elizabeth Warren
“These days, young people watch TV on smartphones and computers. Young people with an actual TV set are harder to find than a picture of Anthony Weiner with his clothes on.” PeopleYoungWatchesTvsComputerClothesHarderThese DaysSmartphones Author:Craig Ferguson
“Credibility lasts about two cycles of bad material, and then you'll probably never get it back. If you let people down, that's really hard to come back from - harder than climbing from nothing to something, even.” PeopleIfsTwoHardLastsMaterialsHarderCyclesClimbingCredibility Author:Louis C. K.
“You can't live your life to suit other people. The harder you try, the more restrictions they'll put on you just for the fun of seeing you jump through their hoops.” PeopleTryingFunSeeingHarderSuitsLive Your LifeRestriction Book:Paradise Source: Paradise
“Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.” PeopleHoursComedyTreatsHarderMikeAlrightStand Up Comedy Author:Bill Burr
“Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.” PeopleHardStoriesStudyHarderSuccess Stories Author:Sylvester Stallone
“Well my wife and I just had a baby ourselves and it makes it harder to be on the road. It isn't for everybody and it can burn people out, and that's what's happened in the past. We've just kept the ship running y'know what I mean? You change engineers from time to time and as long as everybody coming aboard knows what direction the ship is, everything's alright.” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanLongRunningPastWifeHappenedBabyHarderMy WifeShipsEngineersAlright Author:Al Barr
“Start with the least amount of money possible. Some people say they need a certain amount to start, and I say you need a half of that or a third of that. That gives you the biggest return. If you put all your eggs in one basket, it's harder to adapt when you need to. Unless it's very capital-intensive, you don't need much money.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingCertainHalfReturnAmountThirdsHarderEggsBasketsEggs In One Basket Author:Cameron Johnson
“A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they have got to be liked. I think the more that you fall into that trap it makes your own life harder to come to terms with, because an audience appreciation is only going to be periodic at the best of times.” PeopleThinkingKnowsIdeasFallTermAudienceHarderAppreciationTraps Author:David Bowie
“I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.” PeopleThinkingKnowsInvolvedHarderInstitutions Author:Randall Robinson
“I don't see many people with longevity anymore. Everything was harder when I started, and you had to take acting lessons, do theater parts, work on connections and then get lucky. The technology is good, but it's also a hindrance for longevity.” PeopleActingTechnologyLessonsLuckyConnectionsHarderTheaterLongevityHindrance Author:Dustin Diamond
“Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.” PeopleDifferentRaceClassForeverHarderGreenDifferent Races Author:Eddie Marsan
“Success is sometimes harder than failure, because when you are successful, people expect so much more out of you.” PeopleSometimesSuccessfulHarderSuccessful People Author:Britney Spears
“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.” PeopleBelieveMayMotivationalSuccessWinningI BelieveSportsInspiringTalentHarderAthleteExcuseMotivational SportsInspirational SportsYankeesAthleticWork HarderNo ExcusesNew York YankeesInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballFamous BaseballMotivational Inspirational SportsBasketball MotivationAthlete MotivationalBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsShort Motivational SportsBest AthleteAwesome SportsInspirational AthleteInspirational BaseballMotivational BaseballInspiring AthleteAthletic InspirationalInspirational WinningYouth SportsCoaches And AthletesWinning SportsMotivate AthletesWinning InspirationalMotivational WinningWinning MotivationalSports Leadership Author:Derek Jeter
“You can't make people work harder. People have to want to work hard and make a difference. Purpose matters.” PeopleWantMatterHardPurposeDifferencesHard WorkHarderMaking A DifferenceWork Harder Author:Ziad K. Abdelnour
“It's easy to focus on the differences, harder to find the similarities in people.” PeopleEasyDifferencesFocusHarderSimilarity Author:Chali 2na
“I do talk and think a lot about the legacy before me. I feel like if I didn't know that people had been in Montgomery sixty years ago trying to do similar things that I'm trying to do, with a lot less, with fewer resources, with less security, with less encouragement, with less opportunity - if I didn't know that, then I think doing what I do would be much, much harder.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTryingYearsWould BeOpportunitySecurityResourcesYears AgoEncouragementHarderLegacyFewerSixtyMontgomery Author:Bryan Stevenson
“I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop. I'm hoping that young people immersed in the culture will work harder to capitalize on the possibilities for great social change that hip-hop represents as a national unified cultural youth movement.” PeopleTryingYoungCultureSocialMovementPossibilityYouthHard WorkHarderFolksHip HopDespiteHipsHopsRefugeSocial ChangeWork HarderUnified Author:Bakari Kitwana
“People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way that's harder to get in and understand what processes are going on.” PeopleWayProcessTechnologyParticularProductsHarderApples Author:Charlie Jane Anders
“There's been a greater awareness among people, especially geeks, that the laws of physics don't allow that much wiggle room in terms of things like faster-than-light travel, time travel, sending people to other planets. It's harder than we were aware a few decades ago. I think there used to be this widespread imagination, this idea that we'd eventually just hop in a rocket and go to Mars.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLightLawUsedTermImaginationRoomsGreaterAwarenessPlanetsHarderDecadesPhysicsUsed To BeFasterHopsTime TravelMarsGeekRocketsLaws Of Physics Author:Charlie Jane Anders
“I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are "true." And yet in fiction, I think there is a lot of deeper truth, too.” PeopleThinkingKindReasonStoriesFictionLandHarderDeeperAll Kinds Author:T Cooper
“It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something.” PeopleFeelsActorsLike YouProjectsHarderCraftsDedicated Author:Viola Davis
“There's dozens of unrelated policy provisions tucked inside of it. I'll give you a sense of a handful of them. One is a visa waiver program change. It's going to make it harder for people who've traveled to places with terrorist activity to get into the U.S. They're going to have to go through an added layer of security.” PeopleGivingSecurityPolicyActivityProgramHarderTerroristDozenLayersTraveledHandfulProvisionVisaWaiver Author:Susan Davis
“Because the utopian's worldview was framed around moving toward this perfected future, it helped stimulate the private exertions that add up to social progress. Progress is work. People need to build things and sacrifice and have a harder life for things to get better. On its own, I don't think even the most brilliant critique stimulates that kind of effort as well as an appealing vision of the future.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsKindMovingSocialEffortVisionProgressSacrificeHarderAddBrilliantGet BetterWorldviewCritiqueUtopianExertionFramedSocial ProgressVisions Of The Future Author:Christine Jennings
“Even now, hearing the debates about Medicaid, the suggestion that somehow we could save money by cutting Medicaid strikes a chord in me personally. It seems there are some other ways we can save money rather than making it harder for people like my aunt to get health care.” PeopleWaySeemsCareCuttingHarderHearingStrikesDebateHealth CareSuggestionsChordsAuntSaving MoneyMedicaid Author:Josh Earnest
“There's also an aspect which I tried to express yesterday by saying the same "something" that looks out through Curlys eyes is also the same exact thing which looks out of Moe's eyes, and that's harder for people to grasp. So the thing is, you have to find a way to ultimately embrace both sides or else you can't function. If you only embrace the side of pure oneness then you end up sort of spacing out and sitting under a blanket.” PeopleIfsWayLooksEndsEyeSidesPureSittingAspectFunctionHarderEmbraceYesterdayOnenessBoth SidesBlanketSpacing Author:Brad Warner
“My team of people around me, they were like, 'Don't be waiting and begging for a man.' You know what I'm saying? Like, 'Don't be desperate because you think having a boyfriend is going to be better. It might be harder with your career.' And then I was like, 'Yeah, you're right. I need to enjoy this."” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenNeedsMightWaitingEnjoyCareersTeamHarderYeahDesperateBegging Author:Meghan Trainor
“Or, if I take that same auditorium and I make it much bigger and put more space between seats, it'll be quieter because it's much harder when you're not in physical contact with people to spread a virus from person-to-person, right? There are all sorts of patterns that we see in epidemiology that help us understand why something spreads.” PeopleIfsPersonsHelpingSpaceBiggerHarderPatternsSpreadContactSeatsVirusesSpace BetweenAuditoriumsEpidemiology Author:Seth Godin
“I'm not with anybody, I don't have time for dating. Not to get too personal, but it's weirdly harder to meet new people now. But for the first time in my life since I was a little kid, I'm not so concerned about it.” PeopleFirstsLittlesKidsFirst TimeConcernedDatingHarderLittle KidMeeting New People Author:Justin Vernon
“The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.” PeopleKnowsWantSelfFeelingsProblemDifficultHurtMemoriesNovelKnow HowIssuesHarderFactorsExtrasServingAutobiographyOur MemoriesSelf Serving Author:Richard Hell
“There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.” PeopleWantI CanRecordsHarderCleanScaryMellowReally Scary Author:Ty Segall
“I think it's a lot harder when you're opening. You really have to win people over.” PeopleThinkingWinningHarderOpening Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“We live in a world in which it's harder to talk about the American in the singular, so we're a multi. We have several different people who represent the United States, so in that sense whiteness, the salience, the importance of whiteness is kind of tamping down some.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentStatesUnitedUnited StatesImportanceHarderDifferent PeoplesWhiteness Author:Nell Irvin Painter
“I meet people who say, "Girl, I watch every match, and I pray for you." I feel that energy and those prayers. Sometimes when I'm down on the court, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, "They want me to win. Is there anything else I can give?" It encourages me to do better, to fight harder.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsMindI CanSometimesGirlFightingWinningEnergyPrayerWatchesPrayingHarderCourtWant MeI PrayOf My MindPraying For You Author:Serena Williams
“I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.” PeopleIfsWantHarderStrive Author:Kelly Rowland
“There are many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than (mine), and I also remind myself of that every day. No matter how frustrating this can be, I am very lucky that I have been able to cobble together a little life, in which (comedy) is what I do. I am certainly not in danger of getting stuck in a mine anytime soon.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensMatterAbleTogetherJobsMillionsComedyDangerMinesLuckyHarderStuckFrustrating Author:Chris Gethard
“We're in a situation now where fewer and fewer small films get made. People want these big giant tentpole sort of things, and I don't know, it's getting harder and harder to make a small movie.” PeopleKnowsWantMadeBigsFilmSituationHarderGiantsFewer Author:Paul Reubens
“If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.” PeopleIfsLife IsClassOrdinaryHarderRealisingWorking ClassFamily Life Author:Theresa May
“Whenever I think about all the things I appreciate in life, I also think about my privileges, as well. Try to keep that all in balance. Gratitude for what I have, trying to be part of movements that make it easy for people who have it harder than they ever should have it.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingWellsEasyMovementBalanceGratitudeAppreciateShould HaveHarderPrivilege Author:Emily Saliers
“By TV standards - I'm not comparing it to manual labor by any means - by TV comedy standards, it is the hardest job I will ever, ever have. There is nothing that could be harder. I mean, when you combine the amount of writing that has to be done - sharp writing - with the fact that you then take it to the street and improvise with both celebrities who have no idea what's going to happen and real people who are not actors or comedians who don't even know I'm about to talk to them... It's lightning in a bottle every time.” PeopleKnowsWritingMeanIdeasRealDoneFactsHappensJobsActorsComedyStreetsTvsAmountStandardsLaborHarderHardestNo IdeaComedianCompareBottlesLightningManualsHardest JobManual Labor Author:Billy Eichner
“I'm not sure I've learned anything new about life; but I've had to think harder about death and what comes after for other people.” PeopleThinkingHarderNot SureI've Learned Author:Tony Judt
“I think the people who have been finding it harder and harder to feed their kids - the young people who are afraid "I'm never going to have a job and be able to provide for a family," all of that can turn around and it can turn around quickly.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensKidsAbleJobsYoungTurnsFindingsHarder Author:Ted Cruz
“It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.” PeopleMenPhilosophyAmericaYoungBlackBornHarderCloudsBlack People Author:Erykah Badu
“A lot of people relate my success now with The Voice, and it has nothing to do with that. I've definitely worked my ass off for a year afterwards trying to get that off of my forehead. If anything, it's actually harder to get labels to look at you when you come off a show like that, and it's harder for people to look at you like a real artist.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsLooksRealShowsArtistVoiceHarderAssLabelsRelateForeheadsReal Artists Author:Melanie Martinez
“In my own experience of male and female directors, people have a much, much harder time taking a direct command from a woman. It's somehow very difficult for people.” PeopleDifficultMy OwnDirectorsFemaleDirectHarderMalesCommand Author:Meryl Streep
“People will try to copy what they can see, which is the final product or service, but it's much harder to see (and copy) all the intricacies of the business model that allows you to create, capture, and deliver value. And that's what you need to get right to really jam something down people's throats!” PeopleNeedsTryingValuesProductsModelsHarderFinalsCopiesThroatCaptureJamBusiness ModelsIntricacy Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Pay cash. For some reason, it's harder for people psychologically to part with their cash than it is to swipe a card. Maybe it's the act of physically seeing the money change hands, or maybe it's because you don't want to break a $20 for a $2 cup of coffee.” PeopleWantReasonHandsPayBreakSeeingHarderCoffeeCardsCupsCashCoffee Cup Author:Jean Chatzky
“I think everyone kind of knows and makes the effort to see each other and invites people to barbecues and whatnot. I think it was harder, probably, saying goodbye to Alice Cullen. That was probably the hardest, because that's the only person that I'm not gonna see again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindPersonsEffortHarderHardestGoodbyeInvitesSaying GoodbyeBarbecueAlice Cullen Author:Ashley Greene
“It's possible that we'll screw up the climate so badly that most of us will die and a few breeding pairs will remain somewhere in the arctic. What's more likely is that we'll continue remaking the planet, driving many species to extinction, killing millions of people through the indirect effects of climate change, making life even harder for the poor and powerless than it is now, and making it a little more difficult for the global middle class to live the lives to which they have become accustomed - in other words, business as usual, only worse.” PeopleLittlesDiesDifficultPoorClassMillionsMiddleEffectsPlanetsHarderClimateSpeciesKillingClimate ChangeDrivingMiddle ClassPairsUsualPowerlessScrewsAccustomedExtinctionBreedingScrew UpsArcticIndirect Author:Dale Jamieson
“When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.” PeopleIfsChoicesFightingLosesHarderNothing To LoseLife Or Death Author:Robert Greene