I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really… — Tom Lehman Copy Share Image
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In the UK cycling was very popular until the end of the 1950's but it really lost out to our love affair… — Adrian Bell Copy Share Image
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But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Being constructively critical is good, as long as your purpose is to improve your methods for future endeavors. Lying in bed and… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
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Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to be blocked… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and I concurred… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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Where I would fault President Bush the most was that, in the wake of 9/11, he motivated our military, but he didn't… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
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We need to reshape the movement as one of grassroots activists, and not 'professional activists' who populate the seemingly endless number of… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
The question is: What can we, as citizens, do to reform our tax system? As you know, under our three-branch system of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It has nothing to do with effort. Just turn away, look between the thoughts, rather than at the thoughts. When you happen… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
What is it that you want that you can't get it? where do you want to go that you can't go? what… — Sessah-Odai Sadick Copy Share Image
To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life [and] the mere absence of effort from… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
I went to NYU for acting, for six years. I thought acting was the easy way out or in because I didn't… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
By practicing the Five Agreements, what you are really doing is respecting everything in creation. You are respecting your dream; you are… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
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You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
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It is easy to make out three areas where scientists will be concentrating their efforts in the coming decades. One is in… — Dennis Flanagan Copy Share Image
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![“I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.” quote by Sadako Ogata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/333/sadako-ogata-50421_areas_i-once-said-that-it-was-unacceptable-for_3236235.jpg)
![“Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after…” quote by Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f0/leonard-bernstein-10475_audience_perhaps-the-chief-requirement-of-the-con_2046281.jpg)
![“The most surprising thing to me is what an incredibly intense effort it's been to create a world from the ground up. I had run a show that had already existed and had been created by the show-runner, Meredith [Stiehm]. It's a very different experience to come in at ground zero and meet people and…” quote by Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/930/veena-sud-27264_casts_the-most-surprising-thing-to-me-is-what_262618.jpg)
![“The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life [and] the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness. [. . .] He forgets that to be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/218/bertrand-russell-69_absence_the-human-animal-like-others-is-adapted_281043.jpg)
