I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.
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KID CUDI The pay cut that the company is imposing on our members is significant and will inflict hardship on ... JOSEPH TIBERI The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objec... JACK KEANE To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas... KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance... MOSHE SHARETT Fantasies can be great, but we shouldn't make the wedding a fantasy, because the wedding is the ... ALAIN DE BOTTON When you discuss racism, it's almost a no-win scenario - but I don't think that means we sho... BRAD PAISLEY The mistake of every young person is to think they're the only ones who see darkness and hardship in... PATRICK NESS See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that does... JAMES MARSTERS Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that... TRACY MORGAN I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There sho... ERIC SCHLOSSER It really is turning out to be somewhat of a hardship. DON LINDBURG The panty-line thing shouldn't be a big deal. I think we should just all agree that panty lines ... BENJAMIN KOLDYKE That's a hardship on our residents. We would have to raise the property tax five times what it is. CONRAD DONOVAN If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL We live in relative world with relatives. DEYTH BANGER I don't think anybody should be expanding Medicaid. I think it's a mistake to create new and... BOBBY JINDAL I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you'... LADY GAGA We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. B. F. SKINNER You can't go wrong with relatively simple comfort food. It's also about ease. Some cook to i... AL ROKER I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like somet... DANIEL GOLDSTEIN During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people th... THOMAS FRANK Most optimistic people didn't live in happy circumstances; but by choosing to stay positive, they to... ASSYA MOUSSAID I think we should always be prepared, but I don't think we need to put people in a panic. DEBRA SPENCER It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I ... PETER DINKLAGE I think we all want to really live good lives, and we all really want to have a healthy planet, alth... ANNE HATHAWAY If you pity his loneliness, be his company... PHILIP T. M. I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish p... BERTRAND RUSSELL Anyone can do running. Running should be easy. It should be fun. It should include everyone. It shou... CHRISTOPHER MCDOUGALL I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person'... SEAN PAUL One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that we... GARY JOHNSON Club culture is always going to be a reflection of youth culture, but I think we're maybe moving... ROBYN My mother always taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. We shouldn't bail out Wall St... PETER SCHIFF You should do what you enjoy doing, what brings you passion. As kids, we spontaneously sing and danc... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI If it can't be proven that mountaintop removal mining is safe, we shouldn't allow it to cont... JOHN YARMUTH There will always be places in the world where good schools don't exist and good teachers don... SUGATA MITRA This was totally unanticipated. We don't know yet if this is going to be a financial hardship on som... MARK LAVIGNE I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live ... CASSADEE POPE We have to pay taxes like everybody else. I don't see any hardship cases down there. CRAIG SANFORD People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn'... PAUL WATSON We need to remember there are millions of Americans for whom old age is a time of hardship. JAMES FIRMAN Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don... CHRIS CRUTCHER It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one ... STEPHEN M. ROSS I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pre... BEBE REXHA I believe someone should be able to dress according to the mood they're in. It shouldn't be ... CHER LLOYD In those investigations, the city discovered violations of city code at these properties and also di... BRYAN WAGNER We Liberals like to think our thoughts aren't controlled. We pride ourselves on our independent ... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI God tests His people through hardship. JOHN PIPER I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they'... JEFF CARLSON When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of worker... SUN YAT-SEN I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn'... DAVID BOIES Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking t... DAVID MORRELL There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY The court allowed Northwest to impose significant pay reductions on our members, and it's going to c... JOSEPH TIBERI We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power. MANUEL PUIG We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... ai... ALBERTO MANGUEL To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant ... CESARE PAVESE Workers and their families should not have been kept waiting. Payment now should be speedy to preven... ADRIAN ROSS We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. CHE GUAVARA We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. B... TOM FORD People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER I think if we can prevent a fatal disease, we should. ELIZABETH PISANI There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a femal... MANDY BUJOLD When ambition exceeds ability, you are going to experience hardship. We have the choice to fear it o... KEVIN JORGENSON I think jazz guitar isn't very ladylike in general. Not that it shouldn't be. MARY HALVORSON Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic cultu... MICHELLE TEA The origin of all revolutions and corruption, and the spur and source of all base morals are just tw... SAID NURSI
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