Quotes with hard-headed

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  • Thomas Arnold One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Katharine Hepburn Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust their talents.
    Katharine Hepburn
    American Actress, Writer (1907 - 2003)
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  • Ann Landers Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
    Ann Landers
    American columnist (1918 - 2002)
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  • Booker T. Washington Opportunity is like a bald-headed man with only a patch of hair right in front. You have to grab that hair, grasp the opportunity while it's confronting you, else you'll be grasping a slick bald head.
    Speech at the Carrie Tuggle Institute, Birmingham (date unknown) [6]
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Carl Sandburg Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley Originality begins in our reaction to the necessary events of life, to things that come up hard against us.
    Life and the student
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Vivien Kellems Our tax law is a 1, 598-page hydra-headed monster and I'm going to attack and attack and attack until I have ironed out every fault in it.
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  • Barbara Demick Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Billy Carter Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it's hard to stop drinking beer.
    Billy Carter
    American businessman, brewer, and politician (1937 - 1988)
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  • C. J. Mahaney Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.
    C. J. Mahaney
    American Christian minister (1953 - )
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  • August Strindberg People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
    August Strindberg
    Swedish writer (1849 - 1912)
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  • Anatole Broyard People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
    Anatole Broyard
    American writer, literary critic, and editor (0 - 1990)
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  • Carine Roitfeld People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Carolyn Chute People say, 'Well, why don't they get another job, why don't they pick themselves up by their bootstraps?' Well, the people that say that probably have the kind of jobs where they don't work that hard, so maybe they could have another job.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Barbara Corcoran People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Brigitte Nielsen People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.
    Brigitte Nielsen
    Danish actress, model and singer (1963 - )
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  • Newt Gingrich Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
    Newt Gingrich
    American statesman and author (1943 - )
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Anthony Weiner Pictures get manipulated, pictures get dropped into accounts. We've asked an internet security firm and a law firm to take a hard look at this to come up with a conclusion about what happened and to make sure it doesn't happen again.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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