- Nov 07, 2020
Attempting Quotes
Words for every leap of effort.
This set gathers lines about the act of trying itself, whether it is chasing an economic forecast, holding a shaky budget together, or simply picking a direction and sticking to it. For more on staying the course, see Always quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.
- Lead
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- Nov 07, 2020
A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
- Developments
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will attempt to bring the highest level of my own prose, and to make it sparkle.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice was actually attempting to make itself heard and saw no other possibility of gaining a hearing. To that extent, for a while this also represented a forced opening of a cosmopolitan view.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they have to endure for attempting to love us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working on 'Newsroom' has given me an appreciation of the struggle that you go through on the 24-hour news cycle. The people who are legitimately attempting to deliver honest news are really facing a tough, uphill climb that's a lot harder than any other time in history.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
At one of the games I broadcast at Florida State a few years back, the mercury soared to 105 degrees, and you try attempting to look composed and professional, providing insight from the benches, while sweat pours into your eyes.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter if I'm in a boardroom pitching to a group, attempting to perfect the latte heart, or stopping a running back on 4th and 2. If I'm passionate and willing to devote the time and effort to something; I'm unstoppable.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep while Stephen Frears is filming you in front of hundreds of people is - well - psychotic.
- Explains
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the string theorists do is arguably physics. It deals with the physical world. They're attempting to make a consistent theory that explains the interactions we see among particles and gravity as well. That's certainly physics, but it's a kind of physics that is not yet testable.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020