- Cool
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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
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about Sheeran is that he is an incredibly real artist and songwriter. He is not trying to be anybody else other than himself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes have dreams that my assistant director is waking me up and trying to get me to the set.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked on trying to get to Mexico, which was the first thing that I really wanted to do, but a couple of my girlfriends thought that I should learn how to wrestle before I go to Mexico, so I should try out in Japan. That is how I kind of got over there in Japan.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
- Brand
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young writer, I was sort of sailing around trying to 'find my voice' - for lack of a better term - and I was really chafing against the very minimal brand of domestic realism that I'd read so much of in college.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want people to watch and consume what we do, but we are not trying to sell anything. So that does give us a freedom in a way.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a tragedy. It was tragedy for Freddie Gray and the family. It was a tragedy for the city. And we're still trying to figure out how it happened and why it happened.
- Nov 07, 2020