There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.
Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain their humanity. Their self-absorbed, grouchy, selfish, aggravating humanity.
My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books.
I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning.
People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
I do try to eat healthy, and I find that's easiest when I just avoid the Doritos aisle at the grocery store.
What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan.
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.
What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.
I'm going to try to unite all Americans.
In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'
In almost all my work, I try to re-invent Christian images and stories and themes. You'd be amazed by the letters I get from young Christians who recognise this and enjoy it.
All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.
I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.