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Hard Part Quotes

Words on the part that's actually hard.

These hard part quotes name the real Challenge in a project, not the visible finale but the compromise, the verse nobody notices, the team you have to build first.

When you make something that you're really proud of, and it doesn't do well, you can live with it. The hard part is when you make something that you have to compromise on and it doesn't do well.

Quotes by Will Forte

We actors have it pretty easy and pretty hard. Easy 'cause we have a meal provided to us every 6 hours every day and craft services. The hard part is staying fit under those circumstances.

Quotes by T. J. Thyne

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

Quotes by Roger von Oech

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

Quotes by Paul Neilan

Challenge Quotes

I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't.

Quotes by Olga Korbut

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf

People think the chorus is the hard part in 'Take on Me,' but they're wrong. The hard part was making the verses bounce.

Quotes by Morten Harket

The hard part is how to plan a picture so as to give to others what has happened to you. To render in paint an experience, to suggest the sense of light and color, of air and space.

Quotes by Maxfield Parrish

The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that...

Quotes by Mark Bittman

Effort Quotes

The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see too many Olympic gold medalists go into acting. It's actually even more difficult. You're not taken very seriously, and you're looked at...

Quotes by Kurt Angle

I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house....

Quotes by Kristen Bell

You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good as its people. The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company's culture and propel you forward.

Quotes by Kathryn Minshew

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to...

Quotes by Jerry Pournelle

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for.

Quotes by Jeff Bridges

Emotion Quotes

Inspiration is easy. The hard part is getting the inspiration onto 300 pages in an interesting, cohesive, easy-to-read but hard-to-forget story.

Quotes by Janet Evanovich

The hard part about writing about a guy like John Brown is that he was so serious, and his cause was so serious, that most of what's been written about him is really serious and, in my opinion, a little...

Quotes by James McBride

The hardest thing about being a kid actor is just kind of separating 'this is my professional life' and 'this is my kid life.' That was always the hard part for me.

Quotes by Henry Thomas

The difficulty is not that great to die for a friend, the hard part is finding a friend worth dying for.

Quotes by Henry Home

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

Quotes by Esperanza Spalding

Reality Quotes

That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life.

Quotes by Eric McCormack

Frequently Asked Questions

What is described as the actual "hard part" across these quotes?
It varies by context: compromising on something that then underperforms, building a team that embodies a company's culture, writing verses that bounce rather than just the chorus, and staying fit despite a steady stream of meals on set.
Why is a compromised project harder to live with than a failed one you're proud of?
One quote explains that a project you're genuinely proud of can underperform and you'll be fine with that outcome. The harder scenario is when you had to compromise on the work itself and it still fails, doubling the disappointment.
What do entrepreneurs say is the real challenge in building a company?
One quote notes that an organization is only as strong as the people in it, and the hard part isn't the idea itself but actually assembling the team that will embody the company's culture and propel it forward. For more on that theme, see Challenge.
What's the surprising claim about 'Take on Me'?
One quote pushes back on the common assumption that the chorus was the hardest part to write, insisting instead that the real difficulty was making the verses bounce.
How do actors describe the hard part of their job?
One quote contrasts the easy side, having a meal provided every six hours plus craft services, with the hard part: staying fit despite that constant access to food on set.

They also cover the quieter grind, like staying fit on a busy set, showing the hard part is rarely where an audience expects to find it.