Quotes by Trying Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow. Daniel Kahneman liststryingway I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion. Daniel Kahneman clevertryingideas I'm trying to exploit the bestseller, in a way, but not in the sense of repeating the formula. It's just that the bestseller did so well economically that now I'm freer to do what I want to do, or to try out what I want to try out. Daniel Kehlmann wanttryingway I think that's just what happens when you write a big bestseller. After that you need to find out: What's the best way to go on? And the worst thing you could do would be to try to repeat the formula. That would be suffocating. Daniel Kehlmann writingtryingthinking Im like a man whos been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up. Daniel Keyes halftryingmen I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us. Daniel Libeskind new-yorktryingmean We seem to invest so much time and belief that those things are stable in some way - something to build towards, or something to use to better understand where we come from. So often those expectations are just so out of line with how the universe works. I don't see it as a productive way of seeing the world, so, when I deal with that stuff formally - or when I try to allow it to inspire me - I'm open to it twisting itself up. Daniel Lopatin expectationstryinginspire I always fear with music that it can be too immediate - too geared toward a "get addicted to it and throw it away" mentality. I get so melancholic once I fall out of love with a piece of music, and I try to make music that I think will at least able to grow with me as I get older. Daniel Lopatin falling-in-lovetryingthinking I have nothing but great respect for great scholars. But I was in grad school in the '80s and '90s, at the height of the theory craziness. It had a big part in why I ended up becoming a writer rather than a scholar, because I thought, "I just can't play these games." I was interested in literature because I loved literature, and so much of the theoretical positioning, at that moment 25 years ago, was antagonistic to literature. You know, trying to show that Jane Austen is a terrible person because she wasn't thinking about colonialism. Daniel Mendelsohn tryingschoolthinking I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor. Daniel Meyer tryingphilosophythinking It doesn't matter if I'm off the beat. It doesn't matter if I'm snapping to the rhythm. It doesn't matter if I look like a complete goon when I dance. It is my dance. It is my moment. It is mine. And dance I will. Try and stop me. You'll probably get kicked in the face. Daniel Pearce mattertryinglooks The idea that I really like is December 21st, 2012. Try to get a global moment of collective reflection as a way to bring about an uptick in human consciousness. Daniel Pinchbeck reflectiontryingideas I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one. Daniel Pinkwater occupationwritingtrying I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew. Daniel Powter tryingpeopleideas Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable. Daniel Quinn homelesshelpingtrying Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin. Daniel R. Scoggin excellenceairtrying Don't try too hard to be something you're not. Daniel Radcliffe hardtrying In my experience of doing physical scenes, half of your energy is spent on trying to get the other actor to enter into it physically with you. Most actors don't want to hurt each other. Daniel Radcliffe energyhurttrying Sometimes you can't help but pay attention to what is written about you. You are trying not to because it's generally not constructive, it can be very funny, in which case it's fine to pay attention to it if you're going to laugh about it. But if it's going to get you angry then it's a pretty pointless waste of energy, so I try and be selective about what I take an interest in about myself. Daniel Radcliffe tryingattentionlaughing When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. Daniel Radcliffe tryingtwoworld«174175176177178179180181182183184»
