“I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.” DifficultMy OwnWatchesAudienceCritical Author:Tobey Maguire
“I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing. I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation, the ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.” KnowsWantHardGamesDifficultMy OwnSituationPlayerTeamHard WorkPersonalityCustomersAnalysisScrum Author:Alan Lewis
“It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.” WritingCountryDifficultMy OwnOutsiders Author:Asne Seierstad
“God pity us indeed, for we are human, And do not always see, The vision when it comes, the shining change, Or, if we see it, do not follow it, Because it is too hard, too strange, too new, Too unbelievable, too difficult, Warring too much with common, easy ways, And now I know this, standing in this light, Who have been half alive these many years, Brooding on my own sorrow, my own pain, Saying "I am a barren bough. Expect, Nor fruit nor blossom from a barren bough."” IfsKnowsWayYearsHumansHas BeensHardLightPainEasyDifficultMy OwnCommonHalfVisionToo MuchAliveStrangeSorrowStandingShiningFruitPityUnbelievableBarrenEasy WayBrooding Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was in Lima, Peru, and had to fly back eight hours not knowing what happened in my own country, knowing thousands of my fellow citizens had died.” CountryDifficultHoursMy OwnKnowingHappenedRegretCitizensDiedFellowsEightNot KnowingPeruSept 11Difficult Days Author:Colin Powell
“This kind of internal "telepathic" intercourse, which was to serve me in all my wanderings, was at first difficult, innefective, and painful. But in time I came to be able to live through the experiences of my host with vividness and accuracy, while yet preserving my own individuality, my own critical intelligence, my own desires and fears. Only when the other had come to realize my presence within him could he, by a special act of volition, keep particular thoughts secret from me.” FirstsKindAbleDesireDifficultRealizingMy OwnSecretSpecialParticularIndividualityPainfulCriticalWanderInternalsHostIntercourseAccuracyVolitionVividness Book:Star Maker Source: Star Maker
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“I genuinely believed no one would want to marry me. I am difficult to live with. I'm selfish, quite weird and I need time on my own to think - and then I work all night long. That is difficult for someone to deal with. And it would drive me mad - I could never be my own girlfriend!” ThinkingWantNeedsLongNightDifficultMy OwnDealsMadSelfishGirlfriendAll NightMarry MeTime Of NeedI Need Time Author:Simon Cowell
“My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.” GivingWould BeFightingLeftParentDifficultMy OwnChildhoodBattleDiseaseGiving UpWarriorSubstitutesStableStoic Author:Joni Mitchell
“I’ve taken on some of the emotional weight of the stories I’ve worked on. I was writing about a very difficult time in the life of one of my clients and I burst into tears at a small, crowded café... I’m not a crier at all in my own life. Maybe that’s why I’m a ghostwriter.” WritingStoriesDifficultMy OwnTakenTearsEmotionalWeightClientsDifficult TimesCrowdedMy Own Life Author:Hilary Liftin
“Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.” WellsChildrenStoriesSeemsDifficultMy OwnSensitiveEnterpriseReportersDeadlineSmall Child Author:Jill Abramson
“I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure.” DifficultMy OwnDifficult Things Author:Richard Paul Evans
“... it is true that I do not respect [human life] more than I respect my own life. And if it is easy for me to kill, that is because it is difficult for me to die.” IfsLifeHumansDeathDiesEasyDifficultMy OwnRespectMurderHuman LifeMy Own LifeLife Death Author:Albert Camus
“For me, each of SNSD members is like my own body. If one gets hurts or hears bad things from someone else, it hurts me and pains me even more. And you know, it's impossible for only good things to happen to someone, so there will always be difficult and hurtful times; but during these times, I'm thankful that we're each other's supports and each other's strength. I hope in the future, we'll continue to lean on each other and be strong for each other. Also, when we need encouragement, we'll continue to look for each other too.” IfsKnowsNeedsLooksBodyHappensPainStrongDifficultHurtMy OwnSupportImpossibleMembersEncouragementGood ThingsBad ThingsIt HurtsHurt MeHurtfulSnsdNeed Encouragement Author:Sunny
“I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.” WantTryingDifficultChallengesMy OwnPicksTendencies Author:Joanne Harris
“What I find really difficult is making career decisions. Normally it will take me two weeks, until the very last minute and I have to say yes or no. For a couple of weeks, I will tune everyone out who is giving me advice, so that I can make a clear decision on my own and it takes time.” GivingI CanTwoLastsDifficultMy OwnDecisionCareersClearWeekMinutesAdviceCoupleTunesTake MeTake TimeTwo WeeksIt Takes TimeLast MinuteYes Or No Author:Paul Walker
“The idea of being given things that you don't necessarily deserve was always a difficult one for me to negotiate, and so I really always felt that I had to prove myself. Being the daughter of a famous man I guess is more easy than being the daughter of a famous woman, but at the same time there was a sense of really, with me, of wanting to earn my own way.” MenWayIdeasGivenFeltEasyDifficultMy OwnProveDaughterDeserveFamous WomenProve MyselfOne For Me Author:Anjelica Huston
“I find what I call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. You won't see me at other peoples' premiers. I mean, I go to my own premiers because I have to help my film, but I don't enjoy that whole side of it. I don't enjoy celebrityhood. I love getting a seat in a restaurant. I love it when people say hi when I don't know them. I mean, that's fine, but apart from that, I like the elements of celebrityhood which make living in the world like living in your own village.” PeopleKnowsWorldMeanWholeHelpingFilmEnjoyDifficultSidesMy OwnFineIndustryElementsRestaurantsSeatsVillage Author:Jeremy Irons
“I and everyone else in this world live in what is probably the most difficult times that have ever been. We are facing total thermonuclear destruction; and, if you can make someone believe in a ghost or a demon or a vampire in the face of that, you are doing well. From my own personal point of view, I don't think just blood and guts is enough. At least, it isn't for me. Maybe it will turn someone's stomach; but, I'm not sure that is literature or even entertainment.” IfsThinkingWorldBelieveWellsEnoughFacesTurnsLiteratureDifficultMy OwnViewsBloodThis WorldDestructionEntertainmentPoint Of ViewGhostVampireNot SureDemonGutsStomachDifficult Times Author:Stephen King
“It's very difficult to look at it in a kind of a free manner, what reality is. That was my first struggle, to see it as it is, rather than tainted by my own previous thoughts.” FirstsLooksKindRealityDifficultMy OwnStruggleTainted Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.” PeopleLongFacesDifficultChallengesMy OwnPowerfulJourneyHumilityCapacityProfoundLimitationLimitless Author:Barack Obama
“It's difficult for me to describe my own music; every song is an experience that I set to music. There's no lyrics, no singer, just instruments, but I'm sure you can feel what the song is talking about just by listen to it. I can't describe a feeling, my songs are feelings.” FeelsI CanFeelingsSongDifficultMy OwnTalkingInstrumentsSingers Author:Marilou
“It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.” StuffDifficultMy OwnEvaluate Author:Carole King
“When I got the opportunity to do the new wing [the Schauhaus] for the German Historical Museum, for instance, I didn't see it as an opportunity for my own ego, to do something so exciting that every architectural publication would want to put it on the cover. I accepted it because I knew it was going to be a very difficult project, and I wasn't sure I could do something exciting there.” WantOpportunityDifficultMy OwnEgoProjectsExcitingWingsHistoricalAcceptedInstanceMuseumsPublication Author:I. M. Pei
“Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as a doorway into that character's mind and emotions.” MindSometimesCharacterDifficultMy OwnEmotionNovelMy Own LifeDoorways Author:Marge Piercy