“The suggestion that the prime minister had been flirting with one of the senior women cabinet ministers made me laugh every time I saw it, and I thought, "if you only knew!" Perhaps they should have pushed it a bit harder.” IfsShouldMadeBitsLaughingSawsShould HaveHarderMinistersPrimeSeniorSuggestionsPrime MinisterFlirtingCabinetsIf Only You Knew Author:Edwina Currie
“I'm no perfect gymnast. I want to go out and eat junk food, or I maybe don't sleep as much as I should, or some days I'll leave the gym and think, "Maybe I should have worked a little harder. Maybe I'm not as tired as I need to be." Every day you push a little harder, eat a little better, maybe go to bed a little earlier.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldLittlesSleepPerfectBedShould HaveHarderTiredGymJunkJunk FoodGymnast Author:Jonathan Horton
“Basically, this industry is mostly run by men, and I think women have a harder time...I've had enough of the "Women in Rock" issues of magazines and all of that. There's no reason why we should have our own separate little genre; that's just ridiculous. Besides, what is the genre? I certainly don't fit into the whole "Lilith" thing (thank God), but I am a female musician. And there are enough other great females in music that don't have to fit into it, either.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesReasonEnoughWholeRunningIssuesRocksIndustryFitMusicianFemaleShould HaveHarderRidiculousMagazinesGenreReason WhyNo ReasonThank GodHad EnoughLilithGreat FemaleFemale Musicians Author:Princess Superstar
“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
“Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.” ShouldHas BeensStatesLosesShould HaveHarderTownsLooking BackShould Have Been Book:Lock and Key Source: Lock and Key
“I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you've been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it's much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you've never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.” IfsKnowsWayShouldHandsCertainLostLeftDifficultGoneOne ThingShould HaveHarderOccasionsWhere You AreWhere You Are Going Book:The phantom tollbooth Source: The phantom tollbooth
“He was a man who would never ask for sympathy. He was a man who sought only to do what was right. Such people appear in the world, every world, now and then, like a single refrain of some blessed song, a fragment caught on the spur of an otherwise raging cacophony. Imagine a world without such souls. Yes, it should have been harder to do.” PeopleMenWorldShouldHas BeensSoulSongAsksImagineShould HaveHarderBlessedCaughtRageNow And ThenFragmentsShould Have BeenRefrainSpursCacophony Author:Steven Erikson
“There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning. An art school is a place where about three people work with feverish energy and everybody else idles to a degree that I should have conceived unattainable by human nature.” PeopleShouldHumansArtSchoolThreeEnergyTroubleHuman NaturePaintingDegreesShould HaveHarderUnattainableArt School Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton