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Difficult Subjects Quotes

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but thesimplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man ifhe is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow ofdoubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most. Philippe Halsman
Joan Severance quote: "I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot..."
I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny. Joan Severance
Subject and object are not as distinct as most people think. If the boundary separating the two isn't clear-cut to begin with, it is not such a difficult task to intentionally shift back and forth from one to the other. Haruki Murakami
They say that that's a difficult task, that nothing's amusing that isn't spiteful," he began with a smile. "But I'll try. Get me a subject. It all lies in the subject. If a subject's given me, it's easy to spin something round it. I often think that the celebrated talkers of the last century would have found it difficult to talk cleverly now. Everything clever is so stal? Leo Tolstoy
That's the most difficult issue for me... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject. Leonard Nimoy
Going public was a difficult decision, and I had misgivings. My subjective experience was now an objective fact in the wider world. It didn't belong to just me anymore - though I quickly learned that it hadn't belonged to just me in the first place. More than a million Americans and their families were going through the same thing; some openly, some in secret due to concerns of being misunderstood and marginalized. Michael J. Fox
Douglas Adams quote: "Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even..."
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around. Douglas Adams
But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you’ve made it this far, please remember: you will never be subject to the temptation or feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman. It’s difficult to resist, believe me. But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Margaret Atwood
Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do. Lincoln Ellsworth
I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor. John Poindexter
Stanley Tucci quote: "Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because..."
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject. Stanley Tucci
It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before. Iris Chang
W. H. Auden quote: "Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an..."
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. W. H. Auden

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