#daunting

So many of the sounds that contemporary composers were trying to create were to be found in the traditional musics of the world. That was encouraging but also little daunting to think that you had to work so hard to be new and yet it was old. ↗

— Robert Morris

#composers #contemporary #create #daunting #encouraging

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. ↗

— Peter Davison

#coming #constantly #daunting #dealing #does

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be? ↗

— Tony Goldwyn

#action #action movie #because #boring #characters

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away. ↗

— Adam Pascal

#daunting #get #i #inspiration #just

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#daunting #effect #everything #her #him

At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#being #bit #daunting #enjoying #first

Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#daunting #good #once #really #way

My style is about making things last forever. When you're on a budget, it can be daunting to spend $300 on a pair of boots or a coat. But such basics are the building blocks from which your look is crafted. ↗

— Nina Garcia

#basics #blocks #boots #budget #building

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing. ↗

— Howard Gordon

#always #daunting #doing #every #i

When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#challenge #city #daunting #extremely #i