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In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. -- Ellen Goodman
When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'. -- Timothy Keller
That's all I cared about too, was getting it right. -- R. Lee Ermey
Don't worry about getting it right. Just get it started. -- Marie Forleo
It's not about being right, it's about getting it right. -- Elizabeth Spelke
Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. -- Dennis Miller
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right. -- Jessica Savitch
Although every writer dreams of getting it right on the first pass, very few succeed. -- Richard Rhodes
There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling. -- Robert Caro
The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision. -- Daniel Kahneman
Children are God's way of saving us. They give us a second chance at getting it right. -- Nancy Arroyo Ruffin
I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love. -- Banks
Russell Crowe is very committed at getting it right but at the same time, he likes to have fun. -- Rachel McAdams
I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get better and better at it. -- David Talbot
I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. -- Tanith Lee
A PhD in Mathematics is three years of guessing it wrong, plus one week of getting it right and writing a dissertation. -- Keith Devlin
Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right. -- Jack Canfield
Success is not about getting it right the first time but about not giving up even if it takes a lifetime of effort. -- Pooja Ruprell
Perhaps the hardest lesson of all is that there is no such thing as 'getting it right'-least of all with the promulgation of quality. -- Mary Walton
In order to qualify as a judgment, an affirmation must aim at getting it right aptly, through competence, and not just through a lucky guess. -- Ernest Sosa
I think the biggest problem we have is taking too long over things. Not in terms of getting it right, but sometimes we do things quickly that are really good. -- Colin Greenwood
To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the work that matters. -- Jimmy Wales
He [Taika Watiti] worked on this screenplay for a couple of years and just getting it right and the result is there. He's made really close to a perfect film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople]... Perfect as you can be. -- Rhys Darby
Buyers of powerful cars place a high premium on the exhaust note, and manufacturers spend a lot of money getting it right. At the same time, high-end cars are expected to filter out the sounds of the mundane world. -- Serge Schmemann
All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face. -- Eminem
With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. -- Glenn Close
Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle. -- Dani Shapiro
I would love to be better at cooking but I hate cleaning up afterwards. I love the process of putting everything together and the chance of getting it right or wrong but it takes ten minutes to eat it and then ages to clean. -- Mark Webber
James Franco has this interesting and relaxed look. It's pretty 'I don't care,' but it still looks good. Ryan Gosling also has amazing style. I take a lot of my fashion tips from those two. In my opinion, they're the ones getting it right. -- Josh Henderson
I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison! -- Ricky Martin
Let's nail it down, let's get it right. -- Frank Reynolds
Don't get it right, just get it written. -- James Thurber
It's getting the right person that's the challenge. -- Bob Schieffer
Nothing wrong with people getting shot, as long as it's the right people getting shot. -- Harry Callahan
Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less. -- Kevin DeYoung
It was all right until the sun came out and then everything started getting warmer. -- Jo Durie
To know the right means of getting something done is virtually to have done it. -- Mark Caine
To know the right means of getting something done is virtually to have done it. -- Mark Caine
I care more about getting this right [NHS reform] than I do about getting it done. -- Nick Clegg
My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right. -- Scott Adams
Right now, it's just a matter of getting my strength and endurance back. So far, no setbacks. -- Kip Wells
Getting divorced was the right decision for me, but it's not the right decision for everyone else. -- Linda D. Thompson
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'. -- Lily Tomlin
Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important. -- Jamelia
There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 am. It could be a right number. -- Doug Larson
When done right, music should breathe, be alive. It's not about getting it perfect, it's about capturing lightning in a bottle. -- Bob Lefsetz
I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice. -- Kacy Catanzaro
How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever? -- Lee L Jampolsky
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. -- Andy Rooney
I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do. -- Jack Kevorkian
You can walk out on me tonight, if you think that it ain't feeling right, but darling, there's no getting over me. -- Ronnie Milsap
If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball. -- Emilie de Ravin
Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on it. -- DJ Shadow
I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it. -- Melanie Lynskey
We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it's just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right. -- Keith Richards
Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back. -- Bill Walton
When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid. -- Oprah Winfrey
When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day. -- Martin Seligman
I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky. -- Courtney Love
Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former. -- Allen W. Wood
The secret of life is getting today right. Everyone can get today right, and if you can do it once you can do it repeatedly. -- Stuart McRobert
Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people. -- Chuck D
It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense. -- Mike Candrea
Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right. -- Tony Abbott
It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first. -- Charlton Heston
Divorce is contagious. That's right - when you have a close couple friend split up, it increases your chances of getting a divorce by 75 percent. -- Jenna McCarthy
I used to sleep with the phone right by my pillow but I'm getting better. Now it sits on the table a few feet away. -- Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Exercise for the joy of feeling good and getting better. Eat right with the intention of fueling your body with the things it needs to perform. -- Tony Horton
Science doesn't care, by and large, what the answers are. It's only interested in getting the right answer. And journalism should be very much that way. -- Scott Pelley
Horror is about dreams and heightened states. It really is about taking away the logic on some level and getting right to the emotion of something. -- Tim Minear
Getting the big things right that make all the money, that's long cycle, really executing in a way that allows you to do it, that's short cycle. -- Steve Ballmer
The answer to having a better life is not about getting a better life, it's just about changing how we see the one we have right now. -- angel Kyodo Williams
We're getting close to making our vision a reality. It's exciting to be on the cusp of opening our doors to the public. We're right on schedule. -- James K. Coyne, III
I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection, getting the gag right. -- Paul Merton
Sending money to Washington to have it administered and sent back is like getting a blood transfusion from your right arm to your left arm with a leaky valve. -- Ernest Hollings
If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good, or you want to learn something, it's information. It's getting the right, good information. -- Ornette Coleman

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