- Power
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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
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to write about realistic people doing realistic things. Or as close as I can get, given that I'm trying to write a suspenseful crime novel.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Murdoch-owned 'Sunday Times' has an appalling history of involvement in illegal activity. And it's because they're Sunday papers; they're trying to get scoops that the dailies haven't got.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember bumming rides across town to Georgia Tech, trying to get myself registered, trying to apply for financial aid, trying to get their coaches to watch my film.
- Make It Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.
- Nov 07, 2020
I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.
- Defiance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barr has thrown himself in with Trump in ways unbecoming to the nation's highest legal official. His conduct in trying to clear Trump is of a piece with his baseless attacks on 'spying' by the FBI and his defiance of Congress's subpoenas.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Frankly, as an entrepreneur, you can do only one thing and be a part of it, but through investing in different ventures, you can be a part of something new and what others are trying to build.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.
- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020