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I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short cuts.
The ideal we serve and strive to attain could never be evolved from us were it not potentially involved in our nature.
War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness.
At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.
You can always imagine the unexpected and strive for it. You may never get there, but it's always a good thing to have.
I've been ingrained since a young age to compete always and strive to be the best, and I think I'm working toward that.
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.
Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.
The stories we can tell are those that happen to us; we meet, work, live, laugh, love, demonstrate, strive in community.
Ambition is your inner voice that tells you you can and should strive to go beyond your circumstances or station in life.
I am definitely the same person I was when I finished 'The Impossible.' That's one of the things I really strive to keep.
All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.
Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.
I want to be the best in the world - everyone wants to be the best in the world - and that's what I want to strive to do.
My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.
Under my leadership, the government will strive for peace and will not miss an opportunity to bring about regional change.
As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.
To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.
Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.
I don't think I'm ever afraid, but I doubt myself often. Because of that doubt, I constantly strive to make myself better.
Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'
The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.
We strive toward knowledge, always more knowledge, but must understand that we are, and will remain, surrounded by mystery.
Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.
I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.
If you have God's presence, you have favor. One minute of God's presence can accomplish more than 20 years of your striving.
Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem.
As the publisher of the 'Tory,' I strive to defend the pillars of Western civilization against the distractions of diversity.
I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for.
I always strive to receive the loudest reaction that I can; whether that is being booed out of the building or being cheered.
I sense that striving for wholeness is, increasingly, a countercultural goal, as fragmented people make for better consumers.
All you can do as an artist is just strive to make the best record you can and ride the rollercoaster as it goes up and down.
In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.
I don't ever try to sound like, 'it's a piece of cake. Be chaste 'til your married.' But you strive and battle. It's a battle.
Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.
I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.
I guess a lot of comic-book adaptations strive for realism. Christopher Nolan is making Batman seem very real and very serious.
While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .
We strive for equality and equality in mental health matters as much as anything else. I see it as an imperative, not a choice.
We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where our people can be successful, both professionally and personally.
I'm hoping that my entrepreneurial side will have me at a place where I don't have to do anything. That's what I'm striving for.
When you become a professional footballer, there's no written contract that says you have to strive to play first-team football.
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.
I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.
Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself; not what's leftover after you have given your best to everyone else.