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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

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But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give themselves away was what I thought was going to be difficult. I was little scared of such a challenge. ↗

— Piper Perabo

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I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

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I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. ↗

— Liz Phair

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I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much. ↗

— Grant-Lee Phillips

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It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns. ↗

— Harold Pinter

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All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#difficulties #english #gender #speakers #words

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end. ↗

— Chaim Potok

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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ↗

— Pythagoras

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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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