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Trying Quotes
Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.
This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're trying to stay productive, stop and think, 'Are my meetings actually productive, or are we merely having meetings for meetings' sake?'
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I don't think any of the journalists in 'Broadchurch' are villainous. I think they're all trying to do their jobs under difficult circumstances.
- Competition
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I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
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When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We incorporate various electronic devices - the echo plugs and things like that. Actually, all we're trying to do is make that sound musical. As opposed to just making sounds, we do musical things with them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was too young to ever have fun in the '90s, so I'm always trying to relive what I wasn't a part of.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how to put this gently, but I'm trying to tackle the biggest question of all, which is the God question.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do.
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- Nov 07, 2020
So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that.
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- Nov 07, 2020