“People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksHardDealsNervousOddConcentrating Author:Laura Marling
“I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.” ThinkingKnowsHardHard Work Author:Martine McCutcheon
“Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.” PeopleIfsThinkingHardCertainStarsMiddleHollywoodAskingAssumingBusyActressesListsMovie StarHollywood Movies Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well.” IfsThinkingWayWantWellsHardKidsFunEasySportsEnjoyLevelsGolfWoodsMediumsSwingsTigersGood WayGolf SwingWii Author:Rory McIlroy
“People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksHardStrongSidesSensitive Author:Brigitte Nielsen
“As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.” PeopleThinkingGivingSometimesHardBigsArtistThreeOpportunityRoomsMinutesHopefullyMealsShowersImpressDressingsSuitableDressing RoomsNew Artists Author:David Nail
“I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it's hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason.” ThinkingPersonsHardReasonComedySeeingSeriousDramaHarderSillyDramaticCraveBeing Silly Author:Evan Peters
“She never managed to find herself in these books no matter how hard she tried, exhuming traits from between the pages and donning them for an hour, a day, a week. We think in some ways, we have all done this our whole lives, searching for the book that will give us the keys to ourselves, let us into a wholly formed personality as though it were a furnished room to let. As though we could walk in and look around and say to the gray-haired landlady behind us, "We'll take it."” ThinkingWayGivingLooksBookMatterHardDoneWholeHoursWalksRoomsBehindsWeekKeysPersonalityPagesWhole LifeGrayTraitsSister Author:Eleanor Brown
“My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.” ThinkingHardEducationProtectThreatNobleAbstractNeglectDeceived Author:Bob Dylan
“Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.” ThinkingHardDifficultCoupleStrongerWorking ItUnitsMakes You Stronger Author:Brian Littrell
“It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.” ThinkingHumansHardHuman BeingsJudgingJudging You Author:Brie Larson
“I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.” ThinkingWorldHardFiveBrotherTrainingGoldTrainIncludingChampionMy BrotherMedalAcademyGold MedalsHoustonWorld ChampionsBest Of The BestTaekwondo Author:Diana Lopez
“Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.” IfsThinkingDifferentSometimesHardChanceResultsMistakeIf I CouldMaking MistakesMentalityGood ChanceDifferent Mentality Author:Alain Prost
“I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenHardPainHurtHard Times Author:Aleksa Palladino
“I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.” ThinkingHardFeelingsTermStrangeSceneHappeningsStrange Places Author:Aleksa Palladino
“I have a really hard time watching my sister act in anything but especially anything where it's a strong emotion. Whether she's crying or she's angry or she's - whatever emotion she's feeling I actually think that she's feeling it and I want to hug her and make it all better.” ThinkingWantHardFeelingsStrongEmotionCryAngryHard TimesMy SisterHugStrong EmotionsSister Act Author:Kay Panabaker
“Facebook is such a basic utility. It's something that is such a part of peoples' lives, I think it's hard to imagine it going away.” ThinkingHardImagineGoing AwayUtility Author:Sean Parker
“I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.” IfsThinkingHardStoriesUseOpportunitySocialDealsTechnologyMediaSocial MediaTraditionalPublishersNew TechnologyProactive Author:Ian Rankin
“I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesHardDoneMovingTalentHard WorkMake A Move Author:Gabrielle Reece
“I'm naturally thin, so I don't have to work too hard at it. I love food, but I also love to work out. I think it makes everything work better.” ThinkingHardWork OutFood LoveI Love Food Author:Keri Russell
“I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.” IfsThinkingFeelsHardOpportunityGivenGiven Opportunity Author:Lorene Scafaria
“I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.” ThinkingBelieveHardPromiseStonesBreadBest ThingsBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouI PromiseEmmaJessicaViolaYou Re The BestSliced Bread Author:Octavia Spencer
“People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsHardHelpingHomeRealityPaySupportPlayerCoachesTennisTravel The WorldAway From Home Author:Samantha Stosur
“One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was, was to practice meditation, positive thinking and they worked out physically quite a bit.” PeopleThinkingTwoHardBitsPracticeRecordsMeditationPositive ThinkingHealthBuddhismMy FriendsAidsLongevityAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingDoeHardPayActingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsMusic IsHarderProfessionHonestlyPay AttentionInstructionLeeches Author:Michael Shannon
“I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?” ThinkingNeedsHardFilmGamesRiskPropertyMore MoneyHalos Author:Rupert Sanders
“And I think it's true of any big organization... Bureaucracies and organizations make it hard to do the right thing sometimes.” ThinkingSometimesHardBigsOrganizationRight ThingBureaucracy Author:Chris Terrio
“I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.” ThinkingChildrenHardDepth Author:Lea Thompson
“I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone.” ThinkingChildrenImportantHardCoursesWonderfulService To OthersDisservice Author:Meg Tilly
“I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.” ThinkingWorldImportantHardBigsFilmDiesNextStarsSpaceFantasyGenerationsFansGrewGrew UpOriginalsNineCinemaSci FiNext GenerationDeep Space Author:Olivia Thirlby
“I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.” ThinkingHardRememberUsedCertainHabitOppositionBureaucratsUkrainianOld Habits Author:Yulia Tymoshenko
“I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.” ThinkingWorldHardCrazyRight NowGreat ThingsAround The WorldRelaxGood TimesHaving A Good TimeBeing Crazy Author:Blair Underwood
“Fiction just has a lot more room for ambivalence and internal conflict, contradiction, and for me that sums up so much of what people felt after 9/11 - confusion even. And I think that's hard to capture in journalism.” PeopleThinkingHardFeltRoomsFictionConflictConfusionJournalismContradictionInternalsCaptureAmbivalenceInternal Conflict Author:Amy Waldman
“As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.” ThinkingTryingHardForceTechnologyFiguresWindOur SocietyGale Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“I don't really think about having had a hard life. It was just my life, and it's all I knew. It made me who I am - all the good and bad - and it's where all of the songs on Here For The Party came from. I've lived them all.” ThinkingMadeHardSongPartyWho I AmGood And BadHard Life Author:Gretchen Wilson
“It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you are. After a while you begin to think there must be some truth in it because all those people can't be wrong.” PeopleThinkingHardFame Author:Jack Wild
“I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.” IfsThinkingBelieveSometimesHardI BelieveMouthsArgumentI Believe InQuittingHard TimesAccomplishedTime Keeping Author:Kenny Wormald
“I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.” ThinkingI CanHardChinaClimbsRoutesEverestNepal Author:Tamae Watanabe
“Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSometimesHardBigsHappensSongNextInterestingFocusBridgesSectionsBassSketchy Author:Ryan Adams
“You know a Senate race is obviously a much smaller deal than a presidential race. What I think makes a very hard job considerably easier when you're going to debate is if you have reminded yourself - or somebody has reminded you during the course of your campaign - that consistency is enormously important. That people don't want to hear you say one thing in one part of the state and another thing in another part of the state.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantImportantHardStatesJobsCoursesDealsRaceOne ThingEasierCampaignsDebatePresidentialSenateConsistency Author:Michael Bennet
“Self-knowledge, I guess, is hard. But I think pain is harder, personally. I think to be hopeless is very hard. I think to die without hope or to live without hope is very hard.” ThinkingInspirationalSelfHardPainDiesBuddhismHarderHopelessSelf KnowledgeWithout Hope Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.” ThinkingKindHardUseAbleUsedYouthEmotionalApproachSingingWorking ItJust Being Author:K. D. Lang
“I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It's just hard to get comfortable with Gore - it was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsRealHardComfortableProjectsClintonFatigueReal ThingsGore Author:Al Franken
“I think the answer of course is that space and time are not these hard external objects. Again we're, scientists have been building from one side of nature (physics) without considering the other side (life in consciousness). Neither side exists without the other. They cannot be divorced from one another or else there is no reality.” ThinkingHas BeensHardRealityCoursesSidesSpaceAnswersConsciousnessObjectsBuildingScientistPhysicsConsideringTime And SpaceDivorced Author:Robert Lanza
“The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.” ThinkingNeedsI CanHardHandsCommonWorryApproachMeatStubbornPlungeUnyieldingNew Approach Author:Ben Marcus
“I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that.” ThinkingBookHardChristianOkayInstanceManage Author:Donald Miller
“It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldHumansHardBlackHuman BeingsAssumingPracticalsHolesApplicationQuestsBlack Hole Author:Yuri Milner
“Once I decide I want to do something, I just work really hard and I do it, and I just know it's going to work. I think really positively.” ThinkingKnowsWantHardGoing To WorkPositively Author:Holly Madison