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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up with something like a hook or some sort of melodic line. That's something that I do habitually.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to avoid having regrets about missing opportunities. That would be the worst thing. Like having an audience waiting, and not working hard enough, and coming out with a record that disappointed them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't get diverted by trying to do things for your own advancement. In other words, don't be lured into responding to incentives.
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The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.
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We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.
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We're not trying to be everything for everybody. We're not trying to please the masses.
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Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.
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I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody's got their own story. I'm just trying to add to mine. It's cool to be an inspiration to others.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.
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- Nov 07, 2020