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The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up.
The problem with being in the public eye for a long time is there are 20 years worth of looks to come back and haunt you!
Here's the problem with phones - they are a ready-made diversion from the considerably harder work of growing a business.
The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight behind the guy who is going to be the leader.
I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.
The problem with the film industry is that once one starts out as a villain, subsequent offers are those of similar roles.
The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It's a pipeline that needs to be fed.
The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.
The problem with generalizations and judgments, the words we hurl as insults, is that they deny our humanity and our stories.
The problem with Islam is that it's a law, not a religion, and it's incompatible with our values, our rights, and our freedoms.
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.
But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.
The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
We try to make sensible decisions with the facts in front of us. The problem with sensible decisions is that so is everyone else.
The problem with faerie gifts is that they always come with a price, which is why they are made by the desperate and the foolish.
The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.
The problem with copyright is it only protects that literal work. It doesn't protect the design and the ideas. That's unfortunate.
That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.
The problem with filming something is that we struggle desperately to make three dimensions out of two dimensions. It can't be done.
The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive.
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.
The problem with EMMA is that it is cost prohibitive for the small investors who were supposed to benefit from the new transparency.
That's the problem with working and living in the same space - my studio is downstairs, so I often get distracted by domestic things.
Some of the problem with IQ tests stems from the inescapable reality that human intelligence is staggeringly complex and multifaceted.
The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
The problem with being a writer is that some readers tend to think that anything that comes out of a character's mouth is you talking.
The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.
I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like something trivial that we shouldn't be concerned with.
The problem with most digital comics is that you're simply taking print material and adapting it. It's like reading through a cardboard tube.
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
You see, the problem with Dave Cameron is that people know who he is. The less people know about him, the more he's likely to get re-elected.
The problem with tactical novelties that might lead to a manager being hailed as a hero is that if they do not come off they are the villain.
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.
I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.
The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.
The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
The problem with being human is that there's far too much responsibility, too much pressure and too many expectations placed on you to achieve.
The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.
The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.
The problem with idealizing love is that it causes us to develop unrealistic expectations about what love actually is and what it can do for us.
That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically blacklisted.
The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance.
Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it's my strength. That enabled me to write my songs.
The problem with venality in business is that getting outraged about it makes it easy to miss the systemic problems that venality often disguises.