Writing fiction is an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.
But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another?
If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
I think each player and myself live things differently because I have no physical effort to make.
A scientific prize is an ambiguous thing: it highlights an individual when we should highlight a collective effort, but I'm not alone.
The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.
Online vintage shopping is the best way to find something really unique with minimal effort.
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
There was that sense of we had turned the corner. All of that time, all of that work, all of that effort – we were poised to make that next jump.
I will make every effort to protect and secure the southern border, and advance an America first agenda.
Zionism is, in sum, the constant and unrelenting effort to realize the national and universal vision of the prophets of Israel.
I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.
When someone loves you up one side and down the other like that, you make every effort to stick around.
When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.
If people give me a year or two of their best effort, then I am their friend for life.
I was never going to be a rocket scientist. But I found the field that I was blessed to be able to do, and I just put my whole effort into that.
I don't have a lot of time for people who don't take care of their own problems. Everything that needs to be done takes effort.
People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
Make it a joint effort. Doing a workout with a partner or trainer can motivate you to reach your goals.
The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of the community as a whole.
The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.
Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field
Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.
I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress.
It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.
What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
When you've got a team who are making a concerted effort to make a batsman feel uncomfortable it can look pretty ordinary.
I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition.
As attorney general, I'm helping lead a national effort to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.
Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.
Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.
I’ve seen all I need to. I’m going to go drink now in a futile effort to wipe away the memory of this debacle.
A spiritual 'spurter' is one who is given to short bursts of spectacular effort followed by frequent and lengthy periods of rest.
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
Honestly, I think the combine is a waste of time. The effort should be in film watching, physicals, and mental evaluations.
Divine opportunities are all around you every day. Make a conscious effort today to show kindness to someone.
With concerted effort, I can follow written instructions, but don't ask me to simply grasp how to operate a smartphone.
People often think that there's a general who makes all the difference, but I would reject that. It's a team effort. It's the power of the wedge.
The ordinary run of advertising is nothing more than an effort to sell something by yelling in print.
Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game
The law operates by faith. If you believe, no effort is necessary to see the fulfillment of your every desire.
Everyone's favorite breakfast dish can be prepared in a moment's time with just a few ingredients and minimum effort.
We put a great deal of effort into Requiem,' and it really felt like we were making something special.
Anything so precious as the gospel of Jesus Christ is worthy of all the effort and sacrifice of time and means employed to teach it.
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.
Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?
Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.
Out of every fruition of success, no matter what, comes forth something to make a new effort necessary.
I'm at my best when I'm working with really talented people, and I'm there to gently suggest or guide or inspire or contribute whatever I can to their effort.
Put forth the necessary concentrated effort and you will be wonderfully helped form sources unknown to you.
Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.
I believe you bet on yourself and you commit to something and you give all your energy and effort to it, and that's what I've done my whole life.
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