In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
We have to continue our efforts with determination.
There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.
The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.
For me, surrealism is in my blood; it's not an effort.
It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
Everything worthwhile in life requires incremental effort
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[trying to convince a group of rebels that he's letting them escape] John Preston: Go. Go, damn you! [sees another rebel being shot and knows this group will be next] John Preston: Get out of here, God damn it! If you don't, you're dead! Rebel: Don't...
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Malibu was a wellspring of counterculture group think.
