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title: "10 Awfully Hard Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [For a lazy man I work awfully hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-lorre/for-a-lazy-man-i-work-awfully-hard/)

[Peter Lorre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-lorre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/peter-lorre-15691_hard_for-a-lazy-man-i-work-awfully-hard-92343_92343.jpg)

> [I can't stand loafing. It's awfully hard on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-heflin/i-can-t-stand-loafing-it-s-awfully-hard-on-you/)

[Van Heflin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-heflin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/van-heflin-7784_food_i-can-t-stand-loafing-it-s-awfully-hard_2898824.png)

> [That last guy hit me awfully hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bronko-nagurski/that-last-guy-hit-me-awfully-hard/)

[Bronko Nagurski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bronko-nagurski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/bronko-nagurski-83545_guy_that-last-guy-hit-me-awfully-hard-106792_1067920.jpg)

> [It is awfully hard work doing nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/oscar-wilde-16_doing-nothing_it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing-26_2695202.jpg)

> [“It's awfully easy to rush into a profession you don't really like, and awfully hard to get out of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/it-s-awfully-easy-to-rush-into-a-profession-you-don-t-really-like-and/)

[Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/willa-cather-634_career_it-s-awfully-easy-to-rush-into-a-profess_2362098.png)

> [Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-steele-commager/its-awfully-hard-to-be-the-son-of-a-great-man-and-also-of-a-half/)

[Henry Steele Commager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-steele-commager/)

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> [It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-steele-commager/it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-the-son-of-a-great-man-and-also-of-a-half/)

[Henry Steele Commager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-steele-commager/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/henry-steele-commager-16894_also_it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-the-son-of-a-gre_23327.jpg)

> [Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-r-haldeman/once-the-toothpaste-is-out-of-the-tube-it-is-awfully-hard-to-get-it/)

[H. R. Haldeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-r-haldeman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/h-r-haldeman-68801_campaigns_once-the-toothpaste-is-out-of-the-tube-i_3161927.jpg)

> [It's awfully hard to be b-b-b-b-brave when you're such a small animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piglet/it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-b-b-b-b-brave-when-you-re-such-a-small-animal/)

[Piglet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piglet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/piglet-25214_animals_it-s-awfully-hard-to-be-b-b-b-b-brave-wh_1404848.jpg)

> [I do think John Kerry has tried awfully hard to work with Russia and others to have a lasting, significant cease-fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-corn/i-do-think-john-kerry-has-tried-awfully-hard-to-work-with-russia-and/)

[David Corn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-corn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/david-corn-23554_john-kerry_i-do-think-john-kerry-has-tried-awfully_850542.jpg)

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