I Try Quotes
2830 I Try quotes by 2080 unique authors
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I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.
— Kevin O'Leary
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I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm teaching…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to some Jay-Z to Janelle Monae, her…
— Michelle Obama
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When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were…
— Conor Oberst
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The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I…
— Susan Orlean
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Everything rational and sensible abandons me when I try to throw out photographs. Time and time again, I hold one over a wastebasket, and then…
— Susan Orlean
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I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example.
— Donny Osmond
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I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to…
— Donny Osmond
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Yes, I have my standpoint, but I try to follow the life of Christ and he was very non-judgmental. It's not my position to judge.…
— Donny Osmond
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I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.
— Joel Osteen
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I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
— Joel Osteen
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So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of…
— Joel Osteen
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I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be…
— Joel Osteen
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I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.
— Unknown Author
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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…
— Brad Paisley
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I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain…
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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I try to avoid barbecue potato chips. They're my weakness.
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.
— Trey Parker
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I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to…
— Dolly Parton
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I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.
— Mandy Patinkin
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