What I find difficult about Buddhism, though it is also one of its significant fascinations, is the focus on what is immediately… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to… — Eva Ibbotson Copy Share Image
Technically, a makeup artist's canvas is the face and body. The difference is that my painting of makeup is integrated into the… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you… — John Oates Copy Share Image
Mainstream politicians will continue to protect existing systems of power, corporate executives will continue to maximize profit without concern, and the majority… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
The only way to achieve something in the interior world is let-go - a kind of effortlessness, a relaxation. It is not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What was important was to trust - to be led through the dark by Angelina Jolie and then being touched by Zana… — Goran Kostic Copy Share Image
When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations,… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
If we try to listen we find it extraordinarily difficult, because we are always projecting our opinions and ideas, our prejudices, our… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
You have to find your own style, and it's difficult to define what style is. It's not what you're wearing; it's how… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
When me and my author friends who write about other difficult subject matter... when you hear from teens daily saying, 'Your book… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
My mom would always read a book to me at night from when I was three. Now, I can't go to sleep… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
... sometimes when you are asked a question that is difficult, the mind doesn't stay silent if it doesn't have the answer.… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you'll ever… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
The fact that solar has gone down 80 percent since 2008 is astonishing. Wind is perhaps not coming down as quickly. Lack… — Christiana Figueres Copy Share Image
If the right wing has their way and state's rights control voting rights, they would remove protections that make it difficult for… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There has been a cultural shift. It is difficult to measure all that right now, but Chilean women have seen my presidency… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
The Marathon distance is very difficult to cover and without the support of all of the fans and people cheering us on… — Tilahun Regassa Copy Share Image
If it is difficult to know yourself as an individual, it seems to be more complex as a couple. So if you… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
When I talk about that Apple ecosystem, the ability to get one application to run across those five platforms is very difficult.… — B. Kevin Turner Copy Share Image
This is going to sound cliché perhaps, but I would say to not second-guess yourself. It's difficult to talk about because gender… — Julia Loktev Copy Share Image
Guns are heavy metal machines, and, at least in my case, it's surprising how many hours it takes before it looks like… — Trieste Kelly Dunn Copy Share Image
Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
So long as you do not know who you really are, this will be difficult. You may have to give up a… — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
Our normal human tendencies are distraction and dissipation. We begin one task, then get seduced by some other option, and lose our… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence? Indeed, it… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
The good thing about playing with other musicians is that it's much easier to make the translation to playing live. It's much… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image