Hard Way Quotes - Page 5

• An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

  Charles Bukowski

  Art, Simple, People

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• Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in life.

  Graydon Carter

  Way, Hard

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• Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Destiny, Looks, Amusement

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• Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.

  Billie Holiday

  Dope, Play, Long

  Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.215, Broadway Books

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• I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.

  Danica McKellar

  Birthday, Brother, Age

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• I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more troubled by the lack of space being provided for the truth to unfold. Humans cannot seem to wait for or honor the truth. Instead, we make it up based on who we believe people should or should not be.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Believe, Space, People

  "How Spiritual Leaders Get Through What They’re Going Through: Lie or Leave" by Iyanla Vanzant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2010.

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• Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.

  Marilyn French

  Order, Years, People

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• "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way."

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fear, Hate, Hard Work

  "Cat's Cradle". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 124), 1963.

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• But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind of person who has to learn things the hard way. You've got to hold on. Hold on to people. They can get away from you. It's not always going to be fun, but if you don't—hold on—then you lose them.

  Cynthia Voigt

  Fun, People, Littles

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• I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.

  Cressida Cowell

  Way, Becoming, Stories

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• He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Glasses, Waiting, Looks

  Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.344, Scholastic Inc.

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• Well, I would turn into a dragon and fly you home, but something tells me you would protest. (Sebastian) No doubt. I imagine the scales would also chafe my skin. (Channon) True. Not to mention, I once learned the hard way that they really do call the military out on you. You know, fighter jets are hard to dodge when you have a forty-foot wingspan. (Sebastian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Military, Home, Dragons

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Dragonswan”, p.19, Penguin

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• because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

  Suzanne Collins

  Way, I Have Learned, Hard

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

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• We can do this the easy way,' Oblivious snarled. 'Or the hard way.' 'What's the easy way?' 'You leave immediately.' 'And what's the hard way?' 'We make you leave.' Skulduggery's head tilted. 'What was the easy way again?

  Derek Landy

  Way, Easy, Can Do

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• Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Success, Hard Work, Effort

  Mary E. Pearson (2011). “The Fox Inheritance”, p.201, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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• You see, Frank found out the hard way that the dark things lurking in the night don’t haunt old houses or abandoned ships. They haunt minds.

  David Wong

  Dark, Night, House

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.18, Titan Books

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• I've learned so many things and a lot of things I've learned the hard way. I look at failure as education in that respect I'm very well educated.

  Kathy Ireland

  Education, Learning, Looks

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• Take it from me because I learned the hard way: circumcisions are best left to professionals.

  Mark Hoppus

  Circumcision, Way, Left

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• I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

  Pete Cashmore

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going
  to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.

  Tom Petty

  Believe, Responsibility, Kids

  "Tom Petty Is Pissed". Rolling Stone, October 23, 2002.

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• In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It's a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself.

  Andrew Cohen

  Spiritual, Sleep, Goal

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• There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.

  James Caan

  Differences, Important, Way

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Corruption is subtle, just like the Bible said. Many young poets have come to me and asked, How am I gonna make it? They feel, and often with considerable justice, that they are being overlooked while others with less talent are out there making careers for themselves. I always give the same advice. I say, Do it the hard way, and you’ll always feel good about yourself. You write because you have to, and you get this unbelievable satisfaction from doing it well. Try to live on that as long as you’re able.

  Philip Levine

  Writing, Careers, Long

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• What I know about money, I learned the hard way – by having had it.

  Margaret Halsey

  Way, Knows, Hard

  Margaret Halsey (1952). “The Folks at Home”

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• I have learned the lesson the hard way and I hope it serves as a lesson to lots of other young people. I would also like to apologise to all loyal Blue Peter viewers.

  Richard Bacon

  Blue, People, Lessons

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