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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
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I've been well-known for trying to keep my fictional characters individual in their looks, it's an even greater challenge not only to make them individual but also identifiable.
- Stop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.
- Devastation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities.
- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
- Different Kinds
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main interest is in trying to find radically different kinds of neural nets.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.
- Cynically
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020