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• Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.

  Marilyn French

  Order, Years, People

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• "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before," Bokonon tells us. "He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way."

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fear, Hate, Hard Work

  "Cat's Cradle". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 124), 1963.

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• I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.

  Cressida Cowell

  Way, Becoming, Stories

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• He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Glasses, Waiting, Looks

  Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.344, Scholastic Inc.

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• Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.

  Billie Holiday

  Dope, Play, Long

  Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.215, Broadway Books

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• Well, I would turn into a dragon and fly you home, but something tells me you would protest. (Sebastian) No doubt. I imagine the scales would also chafe my skin. (Channon) True. Not to mention, I once learned the hard way that they really do call the military out on you. You know, fighter jets are hard to dodge when you have a forty-foot wingspan. (Sebastian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Military, Home, Dragons

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Dragonswan”, p.19, Penguin

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• I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

  Pete Cashmore

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Take it from me because I learned the hard way: circumcisions are best left to professionals.

  Mark Hoppus

  Circumcision, Way, Left

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• Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Destiny, Looks, Amusement

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• An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

  Charles Bukowski

  Art, Simple, People

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  One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

  Lucille Ball

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've learned so many things and a lot of things I've learned the hard way. I look at failure as education in that respect I'm very well educated.

  Kathy Ireland

  Education, Learning, Looks

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• because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.

  Suzanne Collins

  Way, I Have Learned, Hard

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.355, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Success, Hard Work, Effort

  Mary E. Pearson (2011). “The Fox Inheritance”, p.201, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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• We can do this the easy way,' Oblivious snarled. 'Or the hard way.' 'What's the easy way?' 'You leave immediately.' 'And what's the hard way?' 'We make you leave.' Skulduggery's head tilted. 'What was the easy way again?

  Derek Landy

  Way, Easy, Can Do

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• You see, Frank found out the hard way that the dark things lurking in the night don’t haunt old houses or abandoned ships. They haunt minds.

  David Wong

  Dark, Night, House

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.18, Titan Books

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• Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in life.

  Graydon Carter

  Way, Hard

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• But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind of person who has to learn things the hard way. You've got to hold on. Hold on to people. They can get away from you. It's not always going to be fun, but if you don't—hold on—then you lose them.

  Cynthia Voigt

  Fun, People, Littles

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• I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who talks for a living, I've learned to check, double-check and triple-check my sources.

  Michele Bachmann

  Levels, Way, I've Learned

  Michele Bachmann (2011). “Core of Conviction: My Story”, p.50, Penguin

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• Corruption is subtle, just like the Bible said. Many young poets have come to me and asked, How am I gonna make it? They feel, and often with considerable justice, that they are being overlooked while others with less talent are out there making careers for themselves. I always give the same advice. I say, Do it the hard way, and you’ll always feel good about yourself. You write because you have to, and you get this unbelievable satisfaction from doing it well. Try to live on that as long as you’re able.

  Philip Levine

  Writing, Careers, Long

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• I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going
  to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.

  Tom Petty

  Believe, Responsibility, Kids

  "Tom Petty Is Pissed". Rolling Stone, October 23, 2002.

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• There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.

  James Caan

  Differences, Important, Way

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It's a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself.

  Andrew Cohen

  Spiritual, Sleep, Goal

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• I have 5 teenage daughters, and I learned the hard way - it's difficult to talk to any person under the age of 25 without the presence of a cell phone.

  Marc Ostrofsky

  Daughter, Mother, Teenage

  "David vs. Goliath: Internet Entrepreneurship vs. Corporate America" by Marc Ostrofsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2011.

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• I don't want people thinking of me sexually. I don't want people to be like, 'She's hot-looking,' you know? I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then. It just completely throws people off. I had a couple of offers to do some hot scenes in the shower with some guy and to make it real hot and sexy. The next thing you know, I'd be the next J.Lo or something. But that's easy. I want it the hard way.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Sexy, Couple, Real

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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