Difficult Quotes
6176 Difficult quotes by 3909 unique authors
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I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing…
— Michael Haneke
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Leaving South Africa was very difficult.
— Kevin Pietersen
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We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be…
— Bashar al-Assad
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What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.
— Maurice Sendak
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It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche is teetering. But we are closer to righting the wrongs…
— Mark Zandi
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
— Zinedine Zidane
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To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by…
— Melissa Leo
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In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it…
— Karen Armstrong
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The war years were the most difficult time of my life. There was real famine in Moscow. The water froze inside the houses. There was…
— Mstislav Rostropovich
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I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP…
— Mark Thomas
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The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in a very difficult…
— Dominic Cooper
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I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I will be ready…
— Freida Pinto
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The fact is safe co-sleeping is not difficult. The notion of babies being smothered is simply not true. And the benefits of sleeping together are…
— Mayim Bialik
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I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when…
— John Key
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I relate to what Gov. Romney brings. I know what it means to balance a budget. I know what it means to write a paycheck…
— Sher Valenzuela
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I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a…
— Jim Lynch
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While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV.
— Terry Semel
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Everyone talks to their dog, and then in your mind the dog talks back. A talking dog can provide the words that a stunted protagonist…
— Mike Mills
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All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it…
— Bill Nighy
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I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would be a country…
— Kate Atkinson
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I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it…
— Richard Eyre
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I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it…
— Ken Livingstone
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Fighting back against Iran is difficult and costly. No American president from Carter to Obama has been willing to take it on.
— Michael Ledeen
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I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me.
— Johanna Siguroardottir
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An army that fought and won a war decisively finds it even more difficult to undergo change.
— Eric Shinseki
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