- Nov 07, 2020
Effort Quotes
On the work that adds up, together and alone.
This set ranges widely - from effort measured on a national, historic scale down to the smaller daily effort it takes to treat people with patience. For a closer look at working smarter, see Efficient.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing that matters is the effort.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort - I think it keeps you going.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black churches have long been targets of white supremacists who burned and bombed them in an effort to terrorize the black communities those churches anchored. One of the most egregious terrorist acts in U.S. history was committed against a black church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really should not do this job unless you're willing to put in that enormous amount of effort. You should not do the job unless you're willing to take risks. And you shouldn't do the job unless you're willing to lose the job, too.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort.
- Space
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- Nov 07, 2020
What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.
- Dismantle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe we must protect Medicare's guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we play live, it's always been a do or die effort. And everything we've ever done has always had that approach.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020