- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't listen to music while writing; it seems to me I'm trying to make my own kind of music, and to have anything else going on is just noisy interference.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe Obama is a lot of fun when he's not trying to keep our economy together.
- Box
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really interested in being a superhero. That's not a box I've been trying to check off.
- Position
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're trying to get to profitability by lowering costs as a startup, then you are in a very precarious and difficult position.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was going out and trying to fully give glory to God, in my setting, I feared that people would be dismissive of it, like, 'This is Christian rap. I'm not trying to hear it.' But it's the total opposite: People were very accepting of it.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to be an example for all the young artists that are becoming artists every day and working on their craft and trying to help them avoid the pitfalls of the upper management in music and the non-music side of music.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.
- Discredit
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don't just want to be remembered as the guy who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Olympics - a one-hit wonder - I want to be an inspiration to the kids.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had to spend an awful lot of my life trying to pretend I'm not posh. Although once I open my mouth, I rather let things out the bag.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020