#tryin

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying. ↗

— Merry Browne

#better #disappointed #expect #helps #keep

I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country. ↗

— Jack Buck

#country #every #front #funny #harry

I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government. ↗

— Ken Buck

#coming #cutting #get #government #grip

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#bid #concentrating #distances #focus #going

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#been #believe #cuts #explore #fog

I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth. ↗

— Naomi Campbell

#because #being #comes #face #fix

We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and had links to terrorists. ↗

— Frank Carlucci

#destruction #develop #engaged #had #into

I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#best #critic #find #i #me

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#guitar players #like #players #record #tones

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. ↗

— Dave Davies

#like #make #me #people #songs