I think it's hard to know how one deals in situations of confrontation until you're actually in there, so I'm not going to speculate on what I would do.
I think connecting natural elements and musicology is probably pretty idiosyncratic of me, so it is hard to imagine anyone else going down that route.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Conscientious people are self-disciplined, hard workers who spend the least amount of time on Facebook.
It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.
The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.
Foreign aid, though less than 1% of the annual federal budget, is often a hard case to make to constituents who are rightfully worried about domestic and economic issues.
When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail.
Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with.
I know I'm not the consummate Bollywood heroine. But I'm working hard on it.
It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.
I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.
The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
It's really hard to compete with Apple on pure coolness, and if you do, you're probably going to use some of the things they pioneered.
I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.
The fighting back by indigenous people started in 1900: OK, they've cornered us. Our population is almost gone; they've defeated us. From there, the modern Indian rights movement started, and it was a very hard fight, with a lot of stuff going against them.
I'm having a hard time understanding Donald Trump because he says one thing one day then corrects it the next day.
It's hard to get in the head of somebody. The closest we can get is through the words they've left behind, either their contemporary correspondence or after-the-fact memoirs.
Corsets are always hard to wear.
