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Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.
The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.
I have an attorney. I'm looking to be rich like Harrison [Ford]. I'm trying to have planes and do all that stuff.
I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time.
There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.
Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
I'm just trying to keep things normal around the house, because there's no reason why things shouldn't be normal.
People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.
I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.
When we try to get ourselves out of the way, we can understand much better the needs of the people closest to us.
The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.
My team is the best, the platoon is good, the company is awful, and the battalion is actively trying to kill us.
If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love.
Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.
In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.
Film is like a personal diary, a notebook or a monologue by someone who tries to justify himself before a camera.
Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
There are some ideas that I know I have to try out before I find the right sound, before I find the right melody.
I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do. So, it's usually not too, too hard.
All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief.
As long as I can walk and talk, I'll try almost anything. I say "almost" because the high wire is definitely out.
As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.
I do always try to find the goodness in somebody. I can't possibly believe in somebody if they don't have a core.
When you sit and write a song, sit and write the best song you can write, just try and write it and be connected.
I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor.
I have no problem with whatever the next big look is. Just don't try and tell me that only one look is beautiful.
It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.
Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a pound before leaving.
The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.
If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.
Count your blessings. Every time I am doing bad I count my blessings. And I always lose count. Try that sometime.
My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.
Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life.
I would suggest that gluten tends to be tied to carbs. And I try to balance my carbs and my proteins and my fats.
You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.
Even those who make mistakes, we must try to help them. But we can only help them if they are ready to be helped.
People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.
I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.
All I want to do with my life is try and make music that I really love, and so every day I try and work on music.
I auditioned at the Radisson in Knoxville, and I just did what I always do. I just try to believe what I'm doing.
With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.
Sweet pea?'" Alec said. "I was just trying it out." Alec shook his head. "No." Magnus shrugged. "I'll keep at it.
Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.
Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.
Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value.
My mum has told me that I have to work with Antonio Banderas just so that she can meet him and try and marry him.
You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve.
You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.