Quotes About Struggle

There's rampant sexism, of course there is! It just goes without saying. Every woman in the workplace knows this; [every woman] in the workplace has to work harder than a man to prove themselves.

Unfortunately, these past few years, you can work hard, try to be as successful as possible, follow the rules, and President Barack Obama will do everything he can to stand in your way.

When I was 21 I stopped and got married. I tried for a while to be the perfect wife, society this, society that but it wasn't working, so after about a year I went back to work.

Women in our generation, we were taught we can be and do anything as long as we work hard. But you can't work hard enough for two people.

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.

Having you close like this makes me forget the reasons why this won't work. We will never work.

... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren't going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.

I find that more and more I'm trying to entertain myself when I'm working, because I know the work's going to go to a horrible place.

Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.

To work and suffer is to be at home. All else is scenery.

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and I have put to bed big chunks of work that just didn't sustain my interest.

I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .

Yes I graduated from high school. Welfare. Temporary work, please. What is my problem? I want to eat.

For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.

Work becomes at once a delight and a tyrant. For even when the time comes and you can relax, you hardly know how.

I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that are good for women.

I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.

Dancers work really hard, they don't make any money. It's hard.

Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.