Keep Trying Quotes - Page 8

• It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way.

  Lewis Thomas

  Science, Understanding, Trying

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• Nobody has time to keep trying on a load of things in the morning like a teenager.

  Claudia Schiffer

  Morning, Teenager, Trying

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• We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do ... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Inspirational, Life, Mistake

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• There's something in life that's a curtain, and I keep trying to raise it.

  Maxine Hong Kingston

  Philosophical, Trying, Curtains

  Maxine Hong Kingston, Paul Skenazy, Tera Martin (1998). “Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston”, p.34, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away, leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page. So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets, I keep trying, hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit as the only proof I existed.

  Sarah Kay

  Writing, Museums, People

  "If I should have a daughter". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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• In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapon stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

  Lisa Kudrow

  Always Trying, People, Laughing

  "New Again: Lisa Kudrow". Interview with Sara Switzer, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the childlike spirit to have fun along the way. Run often and run long, but never outrun your joy of running.

  Julie Isphording

  Running, Determination, Fun

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• Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.

  Yogi Berra

  Running, Disappointment, Work Out

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• Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Mean, School

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

  John C. Maxwell

  Letting Go, Mistake, Humility

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• It is difficult finding intelligence that is actionable in a lot of these places, but we have to keep trying.

  Hillary Clinton

  Trying, Difficult, Findings

  "Democratic debate transcript: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley in Iowa". www.cbsnews.com. November 16, 2015.

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• Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.

  Woody Allen

  Simple, Capacity To Love, Giving

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• You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.

  Dolly Parton

  Trying, Niche, Fit

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• If you're going to be an investor, you're going to make some investments where you don't have all the experience you need. But if you keep trying to get a little better over time, you'll start to make investments that are virtually certain to have a good outcome. The keys are discipline, hard work, and practice. It's like playing golf - you have to work on it.

  Charlie Munger

  Hard Work, Golf, Keys

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• There is no secret, you try and never stop trying. If you have to sleep all day, and get up the next day, you keep trying. If you have to take 3 years away, do it and then come back. But it's all about trying. Not everything will work, but some things will, and you have to try.

  India.Arie

  Sleep, Years, Next Day

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.

  Ken Kesey

  Trying, Trouble

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• Who is the best the sportswriter who wore shorts? I keep trying to envision Grantland Rice or John Lardner in shorts. It never occurred to me to wear shorts. I'd look too silly to wear shorts.

  Dan Jenkins

  Silly, Trying, Looks

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• No one has failed who keeps trying and keeps praying.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Trying, Praying

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• I often think that all the difficulties we encounter only give us the more strength if we keep hold of our work, and we must not now give up while in the prime of life. It is best to keep trying, and by and by the opportunity will come. If we have given up, then we shall not be ready for it when it does come.

  Ellen Swallow Richards

  Perseverance, Giving Up, Opportunity

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• You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

  LL Cool J

  Winning, Trying, Matter

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• There is no such thing as a failure who keeps trying.

  John Popper

  Trying

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• I don't know if people really care about my opinion on things or how I come up with things, and maybe that's an insecurity and why we're comedians in the first place, so I think with that you keep doing the material, you keep trying to be funny cause you think that's all you're wanted for.

  Nick Thune

  Thinking, People, Insecurity

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I try to keeps things pretty light, try to make people laugh. I find it difficult to keep trying to promote myself. I know that's the whole point of it, to promote my music, but I like to use it to be funny and silly.

  Ingrid Michaelson

  Silly, Light, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. When you're starting out, especially as an entrepreneur, you really don't know what you're doing. You go out there and you try so many things. The key in the process, to me, is that you keep trying and you never give up.

  Debbi Fields

  Giving Up, Keys, Entrepreneur

  "Debbi Fields Talks The Importance Of Persistence And Staying Present In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2013.

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