Can Do Something Quotes

• No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

  George Lucas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  George Lucas (2015). “ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Our Actions, Way, Responsible

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• I am only one,
  But still I am one.
  I cannot do everything,
  But still I can do something;
  And because I cannot do everything,
  I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Single

  "The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎" by Edwin Osgood Grover, (p. 28), 1909.

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• The one thing that John Kennedy did, above all else, was to energize young people to feel that they wanted to give something to their country. I just hope, for young people of this generation, that they'll experience that feeling once again, that by working on large goals, they can do something more than their own individual ambition.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Country, Ambition, People

  "Lessons of Presidential Leadership". Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me.

  Andre Kertesz

  Interesting, Stills, I Can

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• Man is unique in that, unlike animals, he knows he is going to die, and unlike animals he can do something about it.

  Ray Comfort

  Animal, Unique, Men

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• Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things.

  Kieran Hebden

  Two, Impact, Play

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

  Alexis Taylor

  Sound, Melody, Stills

  "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

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• And with this show we're trying to be a little sillier. We can do a piece like one we wrote the other day called "Ghost Busters Busters". Where would never do that in a million years on Mr. Show, but somehow on this show it's silly and stupid and a little more disposable, so we can do something like that.

  B. J. Porter

  Stupid, Silly, Years

  Source: www.dead-frog.com

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• My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.

  Alison Eastwood

  Animal, Media, Levels

  "Alison Eastwood: Growing up in Hollywood, keeping grounded, and helping animals in need". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• We're starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we're doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that's unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience's carbon footprint is 10,000 times bigger than ours... That's the carbon footprint we want to conquer.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Encouragement, Business, Unique

  Rupert Murdoch's Speech on Carbon Neutrality, www.theaustralian.com.au. May 10, 2007.

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• But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me.

  Juliette Binoche

  Believe, Mean, Judging

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• I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Success, Careers, Failing

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• Before you can do something that you've never done, you have to be able to imagine it is possible.

  Jean Shinoda Bolen

  Vision, Done, Able

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• None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.

  Mother Teresa

  Teamwork, Together We Can, Great Love

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• Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.

  Phil McGraw

  Motivational, Successful, People

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• I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this.

  Sherrod Brown

  Optimistic, Thinking, People

  "Moderate Dems coy on immigration" by Kate Nocera, www.politico.com. January 31, 2013.

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• Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

  Peter Benenson

  Rights, Justice, Support

  The Amnesty International Report, p. 22, 2002.

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• We actually are waiting for more people to be killed before we can do something that makes sense. We don't kill enough people in aviation to merit regulatory changes.

  Deborah Hersman

  Airplane, People, Safety

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• This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Mean, Generations

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• If you can do something and not blow your own horn, it sure sounds a lot better.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Blow, Sound

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• I think the two sides to me are the same as two sides to anybody. In relation to the link between doing the label and being a DJ, it goes back to the thing of necessity. It's the only way I feel I can do something creative that's going to satisfy me.

  Erol Alkan

  Thinking, Two Sides, Creative

  Source: thequietus.com

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• If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?

  Dalai Lama

  Worry, Situation, Ifs

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• I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better.

  Nan Goldin

  Photography, Something Better, I Can

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• The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Men, Quality, Degrees

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