“I try to have a real close connection with my fans. That's extremely important. They are the ones that have been there from the beginning and proved everyone else wrong.” TryingHas BeensImportantRealFansConnections Author:Josh Groban
“I think that the scienti?c way of looking at the world, and the humanistic way of looking at the world are complementary. There are important differences which should be preserved, and in trying to do away with those differences we would lose something the same way as if we tried to make all religions one religion or all races one race. There is a cultural diversity that's very valuable, and it's valuable to have different ways of looking at the world.” IfsThinkingWorldWayShouldTryingImportantDifferentLosesDifferencesRaceDiversityValuableDifferent WaysCultural DiversityComplementaryHumanistic Author:Alan Lightman
“Let us put aside resolutely that great fright, tenderly and without malice, daring to be wrong in something important rather than right in some meticulous banality, fearing no evil while the mind is free to search, imagine, and conclude, inviting our countrymen to try other instruments than coercion and suppression in the effort to meet destiny with triumph, genially suspecting that no creed yet calendared in the annals of politics mirrors the doomful possibilities of infinity.” TryingMindImportantEvilEffortDestinyImaginePossibilityMirrorsInstrumentsTriumphInfinityDaringCreedsMaliceCoercionInvitingFrightSuppressionCountrymenBanalityMeticulous Author:Charles A. Beard
“I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingI CanImportantStoriesInterestingBehindsEntertainingRaison D'etre Author:Norman Jewison
“Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life. If you say you're going to do something, make sure you do it. Just try never to let people down.” PeopleIfsTryingImportantCommitment Author:Richard Branson
“It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.” IfsGivingTryingImportantCreativeWillingGiving UpOptimistNot Giving UpPessimistWilling To Try Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.” ThinkingTryingPersonsArtImportantStuffChallengesChanceFilmmakerTake A ChanceChallenge YourselfNew Stuff Author:Darren Aronofsky
“At that time, I was still in an experimental stage, trying to blend Western drawing techniques and Chinese brushwork together. It was harder for me back then... But that piece is special and important, because it represents vigilance and innocence; the kind of precious innocence only present at the beginning of a new artistic exploration.” TryingKindStillsImportantTogetherPiecesSpecialStageHarderWesternTechniqueDrawingArtisticChineseInnocenceWorking TogetherExplorationVigilance Author:Liu Dan
“I think that most writers who are trying to write important and difficult books are in many ways putting their own humanity into question. Sometimes the journey is finding out where you stand in relationship to your own humanity and to the humanity of others.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingImportantBookSometimesHumanityDifficultJourneyFindingsWhere You Stand Author:Chris Abani
“It was like losing an important weight-bearing bone, and I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to figure out how to walk the streets without it.” TryingImportantWalksStreetsFiguresLosingWeightBones Book:The Year of Endless Sorrows: A Novel Source: The Year of Endless Sorrows: A Novel
“If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too much and you get an idea, you will sort of talk yourself out of trying it because you figure it won't work. But if you know just the right amount and you get enthusiastic about your project, you go ahead, you do it and if you're lucky things'll work out.” IfsKnowsWantTryingImportantIdeasSoundToo MuchFiguresAmountLuckyProjectsResearchWork OutEnthusiasticContradictory Author:Ivar Giaever
“I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and tuning to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do.” PeopleFeelsTryingPersonsI CanImportantEyeAudienceComedyAchieveStageCommunicationEarsImportant ThingsContactCommunication SkillsPaceTuning Author:Bill Cosby
“If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities and ambiguities. It is undeniably an effort, but probably one worth making, for the basic questions are important and the new experimental results are often fascinating. And if the layman runs into serious perplexities, he can be consoled with the thought that the points which baffle him are more than likely the ones for which the professionals have not found satisfactory answers.” IfsShouldTryingMayImportantRunningFoundDifficultAnswersResultsEffortWonderSeriousPhysicsComplexityFascinatingPhysicistAmbiguityPerplexityLayman Author:Edward Condon
“You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.” PeopleIfsWayTryingKindImportantMatterForceAdviceTruth IsFindingsToughNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsAll KindsThrowingAlways TryingValidationHappy With YourselfBeing Happy With Yourself Author:Kurt Cobain
“Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think its important to have films out there, to have discussions out there which really try to get to grips with where that kind of thing can lead.” ThinkingTryingKindImportantFilmRaceGenderSexualityDiscussionDividingRace And ReligionGender And Sexuality Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.” TryingYearsMeanHas BeensSaidImportantLastsGuyWinningSportsExampleLosingImportant ThingsNbaKeep Trying Author:Jerry Sloan
“I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.” TryingLooksMeanImportantShowsAbilityEconomyProductsInvolvedHappeningsDetailsInterfere Author:Rupert Murdoch
“It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsTryingImportantChanceKnow HowBaseballOrgansSecond ChanceDonorsOrgan Donor Author:Mickey Mantle
“It is a mistake to try to impose Christian beliefs on children and to make them the basis of moral training. The moral education of children is much too important a matter to be built on such foundations.” TryingChildrenImportantMatterChristianBeliefMistakeMoralAtheismTrainingBuiltBasesFoundationPositive AtheismMoral Education Author:Margaret E. Knight
“I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantPlayAgeAblePastGenerationsTalentLateHorseTricksToo LateBarnsPast Generations Author:Clint Eastwood
“I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute.” ThinkingTryingPersonsSaidImportantBigsJobsDecisionMinutesDangerousDivorcedImportant JobsWorking Women Author:Meryl Streep
“For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look. But, I think it's important to change every time and come up with something that's as interesting as it can be, for your characters.” ThinkingWayTryingLooksI CanImportantPlayCharacterDifficultInterestingCome UpBecause I CanExposing Author:Johnny Depp
“It [the scene] can be something given to you and you go, "Ah this is a good idea, I can work with this." Sometimes it cuts right across your instinct and that's when I might resist. Even if the director might be insistent, I think it's very important to say, "Look, I'm not feeling this. I'll try to make it work but I got to let you know."” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingLooksI CanImportantIdeasSometimesFeelingsMightGivenCuttingSceneDirectorsInstinctGood Ideas Author:Ralph Fiennes