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What I perceive in science fiction is that it's more about how everything looks than what's going on, which I think is just difficult if you're an action character. I think they are about character, not about what it looks like.

The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

Because atomic behavior is so unlike ordinary experience, it is very difficult to get used to, and it appears peculiar and mysterious to everyone - both to the novice and to the experienced physicist.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

Modeling isn't really a tough job. Acting is much harder: so much prep and changing your look and mannerisms. It's a more difficult lifestyle being a model. I traveled all the time. Although, now I wonder, because I travel all the time for acting, too. So they both have their difficulties.

It is difficult to remember just how formal middle-class life was in the 1930's and '40s. I wore a suit and tie at home from the age of 18. One dressed for breakfast. One lived in a very formal way, and emotions were not paraded. And my childhood was not unusual.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.

The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.

It is difficult to know how the Tudors actually spoke because we're going back before Shakespeare; much of the drama from that period is courtly, allegorical.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

The world is a fascinating, difficult place, and in order to take full advantage of what the planet has to offer, we need to see and hear natural things.

Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

I don't take on a project unless I know the end result is going to make me happy. If I can't give 100 percent to something, I choose not to do it because it's very difficult to have so many pots on the fire at one time.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?'

It's not difficult for me to stay healthy. I like healthy food.

Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.

I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

Temptation's something you have to deal with even if you're not famous. It's harder when you're famous because it's a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes.

Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It's a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

It was difficult when I was very young because I was so separated from my family. When I was at school or acting in a play, I felt very much part of something, and then it would always change, and I would be by myself.

You have your personal life and you have work life; when it's combined, it's difficult.

Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a union.

If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

God doesn't make things difficult for us. Do you want to know what the truth is? Look in the Bible, and you'll see that Jesus describes Himself not only as the truth, but the way and the life as well.

Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.

We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan enough to respect a strenuous spiritual effort.

More and more people are going to download their music, and if it all stays free and there is no control over the payments, then it will be difficult for younger artists to make a livelihood.

More flexibility could help create employment in several sectors, especially for small companies for which it is difficult to grow.

More globalization means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not to reduce it. No pricing power means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not less, ... There's so much pressure to push it higher, it will be difficult for cyclical factors to push it lower.

Murphy did a great job for us in a difficult situation and got some good hitters out.

I was really surprised...but this is one of the nicest slopes for slalom and it seems the more difficult the conditions the better I do.

I was at university and it was pretty easy, trundling along towards getting a job after that, I just wanted to do something a bit more difficult and challenging.

One of the principle objectives of the terrorists is to divide us, one from another. So far ... they have failed in that objective. It's important that they continue to fail in that objective. That's why we believe it is so important that we approach these difficult issues in a spirit of consensus, with the objective of reaching agreement wherever we possibly can.

One of the reasons it may have been done is to make it a little bit more difficult for the Toll takeover.

One of the great things he provided during the week under certainly difficult circumstances was great leadership. He was there for the players. He expressed to them they came here to get an education and play basketball. He was very positive. Our practices were outstanding.

Only four of the current 20-man squad for this last match will be too old for the next campaign, so it has been difficult for them,

My sense is that her identity has been so associated with the morning news format that it will be difficult for her to make that transition and have the same kind of dominance that she enjoys in the morning.

Pop music was invented in America, but the way the radio stations have gone for one type of music these days, it's so disparate now, it's very difficult for kids to get an overall feel of American music.

Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over how it's spent.

One of the most difficult parts of my job is having to release players, and the past week has emphasized this fact. This is especially true when those players made significant contributions to the success of the team in the past. Ideally, we would like to keep many of those players on our roster, but we are simply not able to do that.

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind

One of the responsibilities of his job is to increase the confidence in this country about the importance that our country is placing on homeland security, that we understand its complexities and the difficult challenges we face, ... But if he can't be an advocate before Congress, it's hard for me to understand how he can be an advocate before the country.

One of the big things that?s difficult is consistency, and that?s Window?s biggest strength.

On the one hand, it makes life very difficult for them. On the other hand - and this isn't a recommendation for being a suppressed writer - in their situation now, as with Havel and his friends in the '70s and '80s, the consolation is that your work matters.

On the personal side, I was rock climbing and taking pictures with my friends. We took all sorts of portrait and action pictures, and I was thinking at the time that these are inherently difficult to focus correctly.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily

On the face of it, the genocide (charge) is not irresponsible, but it is very difficult to prove.

On the economic front, deflation is hurting companies. Mall traffic across the U.S. is down for the last 21 months, there's a lack of fashion newness out there. The average price that teens are paying for an item is down, and it's difficult to see profit pick up in 2003.

Only the dead can be resurrected. It's more difficult with the living.

On our past teams, you could key on one or two guys. This year we go nine or even 10 deep. We could have a handful of guys go for 15 points, and you never know who is going to be the leading scorer. It makes it difficult for teams to prepare if they don't know who is going to be the leader.

On paper Lithuania are maybe not that strong technically, but they make up for that a direct approach and they will be very difficult opponents especially when they play at home.

Navarro had a difficult start to the game, but he slowly recovered and scored 35 points. But I have to say, Croatia were a great team and you have to feel for them because they lost their cool at the end. It was down to frustration.

Nay, if the result of crossing is to place a difficult gully behind us when we are on the point of engaging, ... surely that is an advantage worth seizing.

Newsstand sales for our flagship magazine rose in the first half of the year despite a very difficult market that resulted in many of our competitors reporting year-over-year declines.

I would be hard-pressed to say it's not going to be more difficult to raise money after all the money raised for Katrina, not to mention the tsunami. People only have a certain amount of money to give to charity. When it's gone, they don't have more to give.

I would have a very difficult time, a very difficult time, accepting this as beneficial to the people of Saskatchewan.

I wish we could go back to the times when you could pick up the phone, call all your friends and ask them to vote for you and you'd be halfway home. But it's very difficult a run a credible campaign with phone calls and yard signs. There are just so many different groups and segments of the community you have to circulate through. You've got to cover your bases.

If we don't pass bond elections for schools and we have overcrowded schools, it's much more difficult for us recruit new jobs for people to live their own American dream,

I guess if you're going to be successful, you have to win different ways. I thought we struggled offensively, and I give the credit to (Loyola). They're long and athletic and well-coached, and it's difficult to play against them. But I thought we defended extremely well. To hold (Loyola) to 50 points is quite an accomplishment. And we rebounded the basketball.

I guess I lost my concentration when I got hurt. I could serve okay but it was difficult to run side-to-side. But credit to Karolina, she still played well today.

I was pleased with the score. We all knew our routine wasn't as difficult as some of the other squads competing. It took a lot of courage for our cheerleaders to go out on the mat knowing that.

I was pleased with the way our team battled and didn't allow the first inning get away from us. The turning point of this game was responding to tie the score in the first inning. We showed good plate discipline and limited our strikeouts while forcing difficult situations on the McNary pitchers.

Nigeria has always been a difficult place and now they have targeted the offshore platforms. They've never done that before. Obviously, that's very dangerous.

Nick is an explosive player and it will be difficult to keep him off the pitch. He goes forward very well, dribbles well and connects with his teammates.

I would be surprised to see any airlines go under before New Year's, but holiday schedule disruptions could be problematic, ... When flights are already fully booked at the holidays, it can be difficult or impossible to accommodate passengers if a flight is canceled. If the airline decides to reduce its frequency of service on the route, a refund is small consolation.

I would rather have students read a difficult text that they find challenging than one they dismiss because it is too easy.

I would prefer to work with the players I have at the moment and it's difficult to talk about hypotheses.

I wouldn't have traded places with the provincial reps who didn't make it. It was a difficult situation, but you make the best of it and move on.

When I made the very difficult decision to end the show, it was because I recognized it was important for me to focus on different things. Of course, now that I can make more movies, I also have a family. But it's such a good job and good life that I have, and I'm happy.

We had a very difficult couple of years; we were left with a bad economy and it took some time to get out from under it. The governor has said when more money was available, we're not going to go back to spending it how it was spent.

We had a very difficult time finding many of the officers who worked on these cases to interview them or even call them up because there was no phone services.

We had a very difficult time there toward the end of the game getting the right stops. I thought we played good enough defense for the most part, but you have to give Duke a lot of credit. When the game's on the line, they made some real tough shots that were very well defended and that's what great players will do.

We had a very difficult time working with Burger King,

We had a very, very difficult seven years. The end result we would have been happy with. It went very well. I was relieved after the first four or five days.

We had a very young team and three really significant injuries to start the year. Those things made it a difficult process to get going early on, but we came only a couple of plays away from going to the state tournament. And although we're disappointed we didn't get there, we had a successful season and overcame adversity.

My family are really enjoying living in London. My daughter and my son are speaking English very well. Better than me. They are only four and five. I like London. My first year was difficult because of the language and not being able to speak it very well. When you can speak, it is very easy to live here.

My hunch is BP and Shell won't fall, but they won't rise much. That makes it difficult for London to outperform.

My husband and I have had a very difficult time with this. When Sean went over there without adequate armor, my fear for him was so great. I know he will do what they ask of him, whether he dies or not.

My heart goes out to the president because I've served in an administration that faced a very divided country in a very difficult set of circumstances.

make it more difficult to overcome these bottlenecks in the system.

Make no mistake. We face a very difficult job once we get the pomp behind us tomorrow,

Like I said, it was a difficult match to play after four hours waiting. You know when you play against Patty Schnyder , you're very focused on what she likes to do, what she doesn't like to do.

Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body.

Like any good goalie, it becomes more difficult to make saves if you take his eyes away on screens and get to the net on second and third shots.

Some adults feel intimidated by school, intimidated by the teacher, intimidated by the kind of homework their children are bringing home. It makes it difficult to be a part of things if you don't have the skills you need.

Some countries like the U.S. find it difficult to go through the UN process and make binding commitments. Blair is trying to make a neutral space where they can share ideas. That's fine as long as it doesn't replace Kyoto.

On a creative level, I'd like to bring both shows back. But we tried to launch two shows (during the summer), and our resources were spread too thin. As painful as it is, we thought we should pick one (to renew). It was a really difficult decision because I really think 'Starved' has a lot of potential.