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Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in… — Stanley Kubrick
Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analyzing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a leaf… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish. — Gene Tierney
Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle. — Winston Churchill
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course,… — Ian Mckellen
Understanding Scripture in a language other than the heart language in which we think and experience emotion is "like trying to eat soup with a… — William Cameron Townsend
The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands… — W.C. Fields
If you want to be unhappy, uncomfortable, and insecure, just spend your life trying to do something that is not right for you. It is… — Joyce Meyer
Haven't you picked up on the irony of life by now? Things only just happen when you're not ready. When you're ready, you start trying,… — Elizabeth Reyes
Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over… — Charles Bukowski
Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats. — Mark R. Woodward
Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all...It is hard for the government… — Sheldon Richman
Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the… — Francis Crick
I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work… — Chris Wedge
Trying to have wisdom without application is like trying to catch the winds without raising the sails! — Thomas Russell
Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie. — Hyman Rickover
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's St Matthew Passion on a ukulele: The instrument… — Ben Bagdikian
... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle. It… — Winston Churchill
..Since depression is a genetic biological illness, like diabetes, or low thyroid, it wasn't lack of character, laziness, or something I could "snap out of"-it… — Peter McWilliams
There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit. — Keri Hilson

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