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My parents never told me about Papa's lung cancer or the desperate nature of the operations he was about to undergo, which were a last-ditch effort to contain the spread of his cancer.

~Beverly Sills

Topics: About Cancer Contain Desperate Effort He His Lung Me Nature Never Operations Papa Parents Spread Undergo Were Which

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The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Economic Effort Inform Interests Landslide Often Powerful Public Risks Runs Scientific

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I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient.

~Bill Joy

Topics: About Amount Become Effort Fair Fair Amount Hard Hard Thing Proficient Takes Thing Think Tools I Think

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In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

~Bill Kristol

Topics: American Any Case Civilian Decisions Effort General Generals Government Leadership Levels Made Set System Troop War

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I was involved in the 'reformicon' effort in 2013-2014, which was explicitly, 'We can't just Xerox Reagan.' In the spirit of Reagan, actually, we could rethink things - maybe we need to think more about job-training programs, earned income tax credit, adjust the tax code.

~Bill Kristol

Topics: About Actually Adjust Code Could Credit Earned Effort Explicitly Income Income Tax Involved Just Maybe More Need Programs Reagan Rethink Spirit Tax Tax Code Things Think Which Xerox

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I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.

~Bill Parcells

Topics: Best Blinders Done Effort Everything Forth Go Greatest Job Just Live Next Once Possibly Put Then Try Whatever Work You Your I Can

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This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered.

~Bill Rancic

Topics: About Answered Breast Cancer Cancer Effort Embryos Had Last Learning Medicine Our Prayers Prior She Stop Those Two Were

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Understand from top to bottom what the effort requires.

~Bill Toomey

Topics: Bottom Effort Requires Top Understand

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I never felt that I was typecast, but I was concerned about it. I certainly made an effort to take as many parts in theater and film that resisted that. If you only learn how to act a certain kind of role, it is very difficult to grow as an actor.

~Billy Crudup

Topics: About Act Actor Certain Certainly Concerned Difficult Effort Felt Film Grow How Kind Learn Made Many Never Only Parts Resisted Role Take Theater Typecast Very You

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A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.

~Billy Strayhorn

Topics: Any Born Effort Friend Letter Like Train Without Writing

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