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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
David R. Brower
Thoughts
You
People
Realistic
Otherwise
Say
People Say
Some
Tag
Handle
Trying
Just
Being
When Superman was originally created, by Siegel and Shuster, they were two Jewish immigrants that were desperately trying to assimilate into America. They were having a hard time because they were Jewish. They wanted to get in to mainstream publishing but they couldn't. That's why they, and a lot of Jewish guys, went into comic books.
David S. Goyer
Time
Superman
Desperately
Books
Immigrants
Guys
Having
Mainstream
Because
Comic
Comic Books
Were
Lot
America
Get
Trying
Wanted
Created
Hard
Hard Time
Originally
Why
Publishing
Assimilate
Two
Jewish
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
David Sedaris
You
People
Writing
Humor
Older
Think
Too
Sign
See
Written
Stuff
Look
Amateur
Lot
Trying
Hard
The American writer has his hands full, trying to understand and then describe and then make credible much of American reality.
David Shields
Reality
Writer
Make
Understand
His
Trying
American
Hands
Then
Much
Full
Describe
Credible
I still see life entirely through its Darwinian prism. I keep trying to shake off the aftereffects of writing 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead', and I find I can't.
David Shields
Life
Day
You
Writing
One Day
Find
See
About
Darwinian
Shake
Entirely
Through
Dead
Prism
Still
Off
Trying
Keep
Thing
We have about 360,000 employees in the VA health care system. It's the largest health care system in the country. And the negative attention that's been put on VA has hurt the morale of our workforce. And so what we're trying to do is to get people to understand that we're doing great work every day.
David Shulkin
Work
Health
Day
Great
Hurt
Every Day
People
Care
Negative
Country
Employees
Every
Our
System
Morale
About
Put
Attention
Great Work
Health Care
Health Care System
Understand
Doing
Been
Get
Trying
Workforce
Largest
VA
I'm really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation - I was used to the old 35mm cameras.
David Suchet
Photography
Generation
Old
Digital
Catch
Am
Cameras
Up
Trying
Really
Used
Trying to keep a relationship going on the phone is disastrous.
David Thewlis
Relationship
Phone
Disastrous
Trying
Going
Keep
Before you decide to have an argument, think about what you really want to accomplish. Do you just want to let your feelings out, or is there a point you are trying to make? What is it?
David Viscott
You
Argument
Feelings
Before
Think
Out
About
Point
Make
Accomplish
Trying
Just
Want
Decide
Really
Your
We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.
David Walliams
Funny
Sit
Think
Funny Things
Months
Trying
Room
Things
I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.
David Walliams
Failure
You
Business
Fear
Comedy
Air
Out
TV
Willing
TV Shows
Risk
Risking
Risky
Factor
Comedian
Well
Make
Always
Lot
Trying
Going
Improvising
Quite
Quite A Lot
Much
Shows
Thin
Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity.
David Whyte
Change
Reality
Complexity
Attempting
Trying
Stop
Eliminate
I don't have an all-embracing vision which people have to buy. I'm simply trying to work with the struggles we all deal with every day while we're trying to live out our personal destinies and make a living at the same time.
David Whyte
Work
Buy
Time
Day
Every Day
People
Vision
Live
Living
Every
Our
Destinies
Out
Struggles
Simply
Make
Deal
Trying
Personal
Same
Same Time
Which
While
To get into another person's mindset and what they are trying to do with their project is a challenge, and it is what I like.
David Zayas
Challenge
Project
Mindset
Like
Another
Person
Get
Trying
Normally, I focus on my job and focus on trying to help my team and trying to improve every training session and try to be as a good as I can.
David de Gea
Good
Training
Try
Job
Focus
Every
Normally
Improve
Trying
Team
Help
Session
In the Under-21s, I played good football for several years, trying to play the same game as the best and with some very good players.
David de Gea
Best
Good
Game
Several
Some
Football
Years
Very
Trying
Same
Play
Played
Players
Trying to breast-feed gave me such a creepy feeling. It made me feel sick.
Davinia Taylor
Me
Made
Feeling
Sick
Gave
Feel
Trying
Creepy
You know what? I did a lot of things that were deliberate, and they all backfired. I was trying desperately to become Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler, and it did not work for me. I took a lot of leaps that I shouldn't have, traditionally speaking. I paid the price for that. I was not as hire-able for a while. But then I just gave all that up.
Dax Shepard
Work
Me
You
Will
Become
Desperately
Gave
Took
Will Ferrell
Deliberate
Price
Know
Leaps
Were
Lot
Up
Trying
Did
Just
While
Sandler
Then
Paid
Speaking
Things
Adam
Adam Sandler
I am still very independent in my real life, and that's why I'm always trying to get out of relationships prematurely.
Daya
Life
Real Life
Relationships
Independent
Out
Always
Am
Real
Still
Very
Get
Trying
Prematurely
Why
Twitter is half me trying to live in the world and half me processing and sharing the world. I share a lot, and some of that is to keep me honest.
DeRay Mckesson
Me
World
Half
Live
Twitter
Some
Share
Sharing
Lot
Trying
Processing
Keep
Honest
I love watching professionals play more than I love sitting there 20 hours a day trying be a pro myself.
Deadmau5
Love
Myself
Day
More
Hours
Than
Pro
Trying
Sitting
Professionals
Play
Watching
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.
Dean Devlin
Time
Great
You
Money
Finished
Faster
Speed
Television
Though
See
Minute
Results
No Time
Like
Chess
Quicker
Timer
Get
Trying
Rewards
Moves
Much
Play
We're often accused of trying to manipulate opinion or that we're trying to elevate society. I think that the greatest thing we can do is to give you a vacation.
Dean Devlin
You
Think
Society
Give
Opinion
Greatest
Greatest Thing
Trying
Accused
Often
Manipulate
Elevate
Thing
Vacation
We intellectualize it, and we rationalize it, but it's really about a love of movies, and I think whether you're making an art film or you're making a genre film, if you don't really love that movie you are trying to make, you'll be able to tell.
Dean Devlin
Love
Art
You
Think
Tell
Able
About
Rationalize
Genre
Make
Making
Trying
Movie
Whether
Movies
Really
Film
I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.
Dean Kamen
You
Big
Something
Never
Failed
Know
Because
Trying
Done
Often
Anything
Regretted
Really
Even
Things
If you're at high risk or are trying to reverse heart disease or prevent the recurrence of cancer, you probably need to make bigger changes in diet and lifestyle than someone who just wants to lose a few pounds and is otherwise healthy. If you just want to lower your cholesterol, weight or blood pressure, begin by making moderate changes.
Dean Ornish
You
Heart
Cancer
Pressure
Healthy
Lose
Few
Changes
Otherwise
High
Someone
Risk
Prevent
Lifestyle
Pounds
Weight
Recurrence
Make
Making
Reverse
Blood
Blood Pressure
Heart Disease
Begin
Than
Trying
Disease
Moderate
Diet
Just
Want
Bigger
Wants
Lower
Your
Cholesterol
Who
Need
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