Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

You've had a hard life. That hard life, you think, is really what made you into the writer you are.

你的生活很艰难，你觉得正是那种艰难让你成为了作家。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But the hard thing in life, is getting you to come out of your own selves a bit, realizing it's "Not all about you."

但是现实中,要走出你自己的小圈子,去发现这个世界还有其他人

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Panico says in most of the hard hit communities, life is largely back to normal.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Making this life change is hard on all fishermen, but for the Vietnamese and Cambodians here, the language barrier is an added obstacle in trying to reach out to BP for work and compensation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15