- Never
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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
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am trying to get closer to God.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Windows were the first thing we made ourselves. Other products, such as cement and plasterboard, came later. Some of the factories we actually built because of union blockades trying to stop us getting supplies.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.
- Nov 07, 2020
The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.
- Capture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually my records are made trying to capture the essence of a band playing in a room.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from off-off Broadway. I would direct plays in Baldwin Hills. Almost Tyler Perry-like, really trying to express myself in that and not really knowing how to, knowing acting in story, but not really knowing how to technically hold a camera.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men stop trying after a while and get lazy.
- Great Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am naturally centre-left so the areas of education there are things on which I could work quite closely with Labour on... For example, on trying in Parliament to abolish SATs, I would be the first one through the gates.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020