“It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.” KnowsLastsThreeEasyDifficultTaxesPaidBillsCongressAccomplishAlternativesMinimumSimplification Author:Richard Neal
“Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.” TryingDifficultVoiceSituationPaidOppositionKeep GoingHigh Prices Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“Everyone - particularly my female friends I speak to - all say 'I wouldn't be in my twenties again if I was paid.' It's a difficult time.” IfsSpeakDifficultFemalePaidTwentiesDifficult TimesFemale Friends Author:Miranda Hart
“In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.” PeopleNextGamesDifficultWorstPaidDifficult Times Author:Jack Welch
“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven thousand years and over miles of land cutting across national boundaries and vast expanses of sea. Yet it is vital to do just that to fully comprehend the longevity as well as the widespread power and influence this religion once held.” YearsWellsReligionDifficultWomenCuttingSeaInfluenceLandPeriodsThousandPaidSevenExtremesMilesBoundariesSignificanceReverenceGoddessLongevityThousand YearsImmensityExpanse Author:Merlin Stone
“Goals should be difficult to achieve because those achieved with little effort are seldom appreciated, give little personal satisfaction, and are often not very worthwhile. There is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance.” GivingShouldLittlesDifficultGoalEffortAchievePaidSatisfactionSignificanceWorthwhileAppreciatedPersonal Satisfaction Author:John Wooden
“Republicans are just rich, old, white people - that's all they are. You ever see the Republican National Convention? All white people - six black people: paid actors. James Earl Jones in his most difficult, challenging role! Tune in and attempt to watch him look pleased during a George Bush speech. And Clarence Thomas - as himself.” PeopleLooksActorsDifficultBlackChallengesWhiteRolesWatchesRichRepublicanSpeechSixPaidTunesBlack PeopleConventions Author:Andy Kindler
“The United States has got to join the rest of the industrialized world in making sure that working families of the middle class have benefits that they absolutely need. We are the only major country on Earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. We are the only major country on Earth that does not provide paid family and medical leave. There are many countries around the world which make sure that public colleges and universities are tuition-free. In our country, it's becoming increasingly difficult to afford to go to college.” PeopleWorldNeedsDoeCountryStatesCareEarthDifficultUnitedClassUnited StatesMiddleCollegeBecomingBenefitsMajorsPaidUniversityMedicalOur CountryAround The WorldHealth CareGuaranteesMiddle ClassTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“You don't do that while you're being paid by taxpayers to do a very difficult and full-time job, and you also do not bring Clinton Foundation interests into the domain of the secretary of state, and you do not give preferred access to your own personal clients.” GivingStatesJobsDifficultInterestPaidFoundationClintonAccessClientsSecretaryDomainTaxpayersFull Time Jobs Author:Jill Stein
“I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work. I've heard from so many of you about the difficult choices you face and the stresses that you're under. So let's have paid family leave, earned sick days. Let's be sure we have affordable child care and debt-free college.” PeopleWantChildrenCareFacesChoicesDifficultSupportStruggleHeardCollegeBalanceSickStressPaidDebtWant UAffordableChild CareDebt FreeDifficult ChoicesSick Days Author:Hillary Clinton
“As he paid the hansom and followed his wife's long train into the house he took refuge in the comforting platitude that the first six months were always the most difficult in marriage. 'After that I suppose we shall have pretty nearly finished rubbing off each other’s angles,' he reflected; but the worst of it was that May's pressure was already bearing on the very angles whose sharpness he most wanted to keep” FirstsMayLongWantedHouseDifficultWifeWorstMonthsSixPaidPressureTrainFinishedRefugeAngleSix MonthsAdaptationComfortingPlatitudesSharpnessMost Wanted Book:The Age of Innocence Source: The Age of Innocence
“The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.” PeopleThinkingMaySoulSelfReasonEnoughSeemsPassionDifficultSoundLevelsVisionSacrificeEventsStrangeFinePaidGreat ThingsThings In LifeFinestGreat PassionGreat Events Author:Oscar Wilde
“It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it.” IfsMenDifficultPaidFortuneInvesting Book:The John C. Bogle Reader Source: The John C. Bogle Reader