[But he earned particular attention in Hollywood for his tenacity in making the grand-scale] A Passage to India, ... the most difficult thing of my life.
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Related She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING The music favors lush harmonies, long melodies and a grand scale. This grand scale is evident in the... GINA STEVENS He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul,
biting for anger at the clog of his bod... THOMAS FULLER Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choi... AULIQ ICE Most writers battle with periods of being blocked; it's almost an occupational hazard. But in th... DAMON GALGUT Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. As you get to know what takes you away from life, you have more moments throughout your day where yo... MARY O'MALLEY Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have... ZIG ZIGLAR Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood... ALAN MAK Writing for a soap - writing for 25 characters day in, day out - is one of the most difficult jobs i... ERIC BRAEDEN You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. THALES (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON To be honest, I don't think we've earned that yet. The most unhealthy thing is to get a lot of atten... BILLY LUNN David has earned a wonderful move to Liverpool and it was impossible to stand in his way. DANNY WILSON Most of what came after in his work would be called darker or heavier. He did it for Broadway, so th... JOAN DESENS If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY And then a great thing in my life was going to India. BEATRICE WOOD We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the mo... PETER O'TOOLE I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure. RICHARD PAUL EVANS It was the most difficult day for me in my life. CLAUDE ALLEN The goal in life is not to try and live forever, but to create something that will forever in people... KARON WADDELL When you meet the real problems of life, think of the real lessons of life for the real lessons of l... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the mo... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU I have lived in Kentucky all of my life. I am married to my high school sweetheart, David, a local p... MOLLY HARPER I realized that searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince ... SHERYL SANDBERG Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'l... SHERYL SANDBERG The most important thing is not just to Nokia but to India. I understand this is the first mobile ma... MATTI VANHANEN Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ... IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment. LAUREN KATE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his p... ADAM FERGUSON May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. ... N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the ... ZIG ZIGLAR Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it's keeping it. JOHN MCAFEE Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He... RAYMOND CHANDLER We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON John is a fighter. He earned his medals the old-fashioned way, by putting his life on the line for h... TERESA HEINZ KERRY My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earne... ELIZABETH DOLE Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back ... BARRETT FOA The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobod... UNKNOWN From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the gr... MARK TWAIN Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH The one thing I wanted most in life was for my dad to see me coaching in the Final Four. He won't ge... TREVOR ADAIR David Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars' is a Hollywood monster movie in which Hollywood i... STEVE ERICKSON You see a reduction in the complication of the menu. Things get simpler, but we're still talking on ... MAGGIE LIDZ He was having continuing neurological problems that were making it difficult for him to perform the ... DOUG CAUTHEN Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. VICTOR SHAMAS In my life the only thing I know is football. We earned less, but we knew where we started from and ... SINISA MIHAJLOVIC I have better understanding how difficult and complex life can be, fortunately I know when not to ta... SHELLIE PALMER In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he wa... THOMAS J. CRAUGHWELL Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER "Sex,marriage & child upbringing are the three most difficult events in the world today."-david atta DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present. JONATHAN HARNISCH Easing back in her seat, Grace watched the children in the playground opposite, coats off, faces flu... KATHLEEN TESSARO Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. AMIT RAY When I was a kid, I thought I had my life figured out. I knew where I was going. I was sure of whom ... CRISTINA MARRERO My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to ... THOMAS E. PEREZ I am but a message in a world full of messengers NICHOLAS JOHNSON It's pretty nerve-racking. You work most of your life for a goal, and to have that in someone else's... CASEY DAIGLE The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de... C. JOYBELL C. It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them lo... TIM WALKER No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... THOMAS S. MONSON Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. And it's such a fucking glorious feeling. An unexpecte... DAVID LEVITHAN These are the days that must happen to you. WALT WHITMAN If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, e... SIMONE ELKELES You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttp... BOB MOAWAD The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my li... ANTHONY BOURDAIN During that first round of cancer treatment, he [David] was by my bedside the whole time. And, it wa... AMY DULWORTH When Mr. Rove purchased the home in January 2001, he qualified for the exemption. He was not made aw... ERIN HEALY I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET My father played the piano remarkably well, in particular Chopin, Grieg, Beethoven and Scriabin. Dur... ANDREI SAKHAROV Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live. STEVE GOODIER Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of... CALEB DESCHANEL
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