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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
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to let something out and hoping people relate through that or have fun experiencing the story.
- Connection
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are being super selective on who we bring in and really just trying to hire the very best.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 23 when I wrote 'Neighbors,' and I definitely look back at it now and cringe a little bit. I was trying to understand what drama was.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how they got to a place where they didn't have to talk to press.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I'm influencing younger artists - they're not trying to be me. But I don't say that in bitterness. I say that with realism.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to explain the First Step Act in prison reform in a tweet or Facebook post is not easy.
- Economic Recovery
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I support making improvements in the Affordable Care Act, trying to enact them while holding the government and our economic recovery hostage is reckless and irresponsible.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020