Pawn shops have been around for thousands of years - they were the number one form of consumer credit up until the 1950s, but we were vilified by Hollywood. We were easy people to vilify.
The essential argument in the book, 'Art as Therapy,' is that art enjoys such financial and cultural prestige that it's easy to forget the confusion that persists about what it's really for.
I love unsalted almonds, especially if I'm about to do a photo shoot or compete. There's no mess, and they're so easy to pack in a little Ziploc bag to take with you. It's my number one go-to snack!
Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff to get through.
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
Nobody said being platinum was easy.
It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Polyester is easy to work with and results in clothing that is well suited to the needs of a modern lifestyle.
It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.
We know the transfer market is not an easy period for players, for their minds, for their preparations, too, for their bodies.
I have only met Prince Charles once, when he was very charming and easy to chat to. I have always had a soft spot for him, and I admire our constitutional monarchy, but Charles often comes across as eccentric, and he has a mixed press.
Preventing staff from having too much influence and decision-making power is fairly easy. Appropriate procedural safeguards can be installed to prevent staff from, among other things, self-dealing, making decisions in an isolated manner, or committing funds without oversight.
It's easy to be a prodigy. It's really hard to keep pushing in new directions.
Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.
I recognise that the whole issue of downloading and intellectual property rights is not an easy one, but on the whole, I'm a fan of downloading, both legal and illegal, and the open-source ethos that it harbours for the future is a good one.
