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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
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about polarization. You're trying to stir up something in your audience.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really listen to bassists - not anymore. When I was younger, I listened to those guys and was trying to figure out everything they did. Nowadays, I draw inspiration from everybody.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
St. Louis is more humid. But after a while, the heat started taking a toll on us, so we started rotating a little more up front trying to stay fresh out here.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020