#tryin

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#confidence #cooperation #keep #least #must

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful. ↗

— Michael Porter

#rivals #same #successful #then #thing

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#care #case #conscious #cool #credibility

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#convince #first #i #maybe #myself

I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#always #athlete #been #before #being

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#eloquent #ever #man #only #trying

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#defenders #defense #during #faith #fighting

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in. ↗

— Judith Light

#closets #community #figure #gay #gay community

I think that you have to present an image that is... true to you, and... the way you would like to be perceived, so I think that through the years I've worked really hard at trying to create an image that is true to me. ↗

— Kristanna Loken

#hard #i #i think #image #like

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer. ↗

— Dave Lombardo

#add #another #drummer #drummers #guys