"But it never ceases to amaze me how difficult the things that are supposed to be instinctive really are."
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"When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored."
"I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient."
"Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes."
"Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible."
"To read a novel is a difficult and complex art."
"It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money."
"Love is divine only and difficult always."
"It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir."
"Picture books are more difficult for me because it is telling a huge story in the least amount of words."
"There exists no more difficult art than living."
"If you'd rather be a chooser, enter a market or a transaction where you have something to trade, something of value, something to offer that's difficult to get everywhere else. If all you have is the desire to get picked, that's not sufficient."
"Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part."
"Energy is a very subtle concept. It is very, very difficult to get right."
"All poetry is difficult to read - The sense of it anyhow."
"To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina."
"I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician."
"I find shoes difficult to be ethical about."
"Dreams are difficult to build and easy to destroy."
"Horses are very difficult to shoot."