Difficult Quotes

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The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that person… — Paul Strand
I can't talk about my style. It us kind of difficult for me. I don't like styles. I only like taking photos and expressing myself… — Andre Kertesz
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning… — Edward Weston
Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough… — Edward Abbey
Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies. — Edward Abbey
I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family. — George Washington
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the… — Thomas Paine
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And, incomprehensibly difficult… — Thomas Paine
I think self-portraits are very difficult. Iâ€™ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be… — Annie Leibovitz
There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime. — Terry Pratchett
For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone. — J.R.R. Tolkien
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the… — John Hume
Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter. — John Hay
The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But this team seems… — Wayne Gretzky
I've come to believe that beauty can be a very powerful conveyor of difficult ideas. — Richard Misrach
The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances. — Uta Hagen
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were… — James Madison

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