I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.
The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.
It is actually a lot harder to sit down and write from A to Z. But for me at least, it's the only way I can do it, at this point, with any moderate success.
One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she sounds.
I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.
One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.
The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.
Do not be satisfied by just getting what you need, strive and work harder to get what you want.
In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.
Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.
It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.
Any other woman who has to go to work and pick up the kids and make dinner - that's way harder than what I have to do.
I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.
I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.
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