- I Am
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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
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?
- Hustle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence.
- Nov 07, 2020
There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a corps de ballet.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet. I didn't know anything about it.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020