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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

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Browse Quotations about Trying

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
A winner never stops trying.
As a result of trying to solve the big problems we face in life, many of us end up sacrificing individual relationships by doing things that we may consider as being small or insignificant at the time. This reminds us of the George and Gracie routine where George asks Gracie, How do you cook a pot roast? She replied, I put both a big pot roast and a small pot roast in the oven. When the small one is burnt, the big one is done just right!
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
Nothing is to small to know, and nothing too big to attempt.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
Somehow the people who do as they please seem to get along just about as well as those who are always trying to please others.
The best angle from which to approach a problem is the Try-angle.
There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
There is merit in the attempt, and a whole lot accomplished along the way.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Try not.? Do, or do not.? There is no try.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try.
Trying is the internalization of the failure of omnipotence.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

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