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- Nov 07, 2020
Hard Time Quotes
On the ordinary struggles that test patience.
This page collects hard time quotes about creative struggle, including the difficulty of imagining a finished scene before it exists or staying attached to a character long after filming wraps. For a related angle, see Struggle quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always go in very emotionally when I'm doing music. Sad or happy, I'm always into it. I have a hard time writing for other people, writing with someone else in mind.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost every woman I have spoken to about pregnancy has a story about her doctor giving her a hard time about her weight. Later in my pregnancy it felt like all of my time with my doctor was focused on how fat I was getting - so fat!
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a really hard time after 9/11. I was basically living across the street from the World Trade Center, and a big chunk of debris fell on top of my building, and the roof caved in. I thought I was going to die. Really. I'd never thought that before, but on that day I sat there and thought 'I cannot believe it's going to end this way.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only.
- Back To School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a hard time going back to school after T2. I really didn't want to go to private school.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a hard time finding something that I really enjoy reading, but I read 'The Great Gatsby' every summer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the American sound on our TV. That's why American actors have a hard time with foreign accents.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an adolescent I saw the Specials at the Glass House in Pomona, and that was life changing. I dressed the part - except not well, because it was a thrift suit. I looked more like David Byrne than a rudeboy; I still have a hard time finding suits that fit me. But I had my braces and I had my Docs. It was unbelievable.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my best friends here in New York have pasts I have a hard time reconciling with the people I'm close to now. But I wouldn't change them - or their pasts - for anything in the world. Their experiences are what made them the people they are today.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a hard time going to school. I probably wasn't the most pleasant young person to be around. I kept a very tight circle of trusted people.
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- Nov 07, 2020