Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.
Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.
Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism dedicated to brushing the problem off.
We must make it clear that our problem is not in Mecca but in Brussels.
The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to budgetary constraints, this is where we have the problem.
When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.
I usually do quite well with presents, but the problem with Christmas is it's such a big build-up and such a big day that if someone tests you the year after, you've got no idea what you got.
My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got acquired. The problem was we tried to systemize everything and set up perfect procedures.
Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending.
Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital.
If the money's right, I'm happy to bust up the other side of his face... No problem.
I'm a compulsive buyer. Anything beautiful I see I want. That's how we got the Waldorf Astoria. I told Conrad Hilton, 'I want the Waldorf,' and he bought it. The only problem was I divorced him before the escrow was finished.
You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.
One such issue that Arkansans want action taken on is campaign finance reform. And this is a problem that is not really all that complicated.
Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling.
People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
There is a disconnect between Arkansas and Washington, D.C. The career politicians in Washington are not listening to people here in Arkansas, and this is the fundamental problem with politics.
