I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.
Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.
I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, 'This is not enough.'
Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.
I think the main reason a lot of child stars don't make it is that it's hard to see someone as cute and then all of a sudden see them as having more depth.
If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.
I'm honor-bound not to struggle with this since you just retrieved it all by yourself. Please do me the courtesy of pretending this is hard for you as well.
More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.
Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to spray when it strikes the hard rocks of Manhattan.
Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
It seems the EPA has worked hard to devise new regulations that are designed to eliminate coal mining, coal burning, usage of coal.
Take that chance : even though this is hard, you'll get it in a peace. Leave that chance : i know it's easy, but you will always walk in regret
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.
When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.
Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have---and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.
It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up worm holes into entire new universes.
I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.
To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words.
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.
