"Do or do not. There is no try. Only do."
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"The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem."
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"I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy."
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"When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that."
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"Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath. The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you finally gasp for air – taking in more than ever to overcome the short-term deficit you induced."
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"I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed."
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"I think truth is a layered phenomenon. There are many truths that accumulate and build up. I am trying to peel back and explore these rich layers of truth. All truths are difficult to reach."
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"Try again. Fail again. Try better."
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"What I'm trying to produce is the visual equivalent of the chord change that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up."
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"So try to pursue the very things that you are passionate about- that is the difference between good and great!"
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"Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound."
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"Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free from him, the more enchained we become. Every step we take away from Him leads us farther from the freedom of Jesus and closer to the cruelty of Cain."
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"Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a virgin."
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"You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose."
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"People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad."
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"Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention."
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"If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light"
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"It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed."
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"People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now."
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"It seems the whole works of humankind are backwards. Most are trying to convince, instruct, and purify everyone else - without first purifying themselves. To enlighten others we have to enlighten ourselves."
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