Withdraw, like a turtle, into a hard yet harmless shell, ornamented with beautiful memories of the past. from the book 'I Know Who You Are!
I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me
I really fight hard to make things film where they're supposed to be filmed. If something is supposed to be in New York, then it has to be in New York.
I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.
I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.
It's hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my father's equal in any way.
To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them.
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.
We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.
My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up.
I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!
Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
These pages testify to the discovery of uhnlikely gifts when we stay in community--especially when we stay after things get hard.
I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle.
And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.
You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.
If I could, I'd be a recluse. I do want to be one. I'm trying really hard. But it's a difficult thing to pull off in this job.
The most beautiful painting holds by a hard nail. (La plus belle peinture - Tient par un clou dur.)
