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plugging away

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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. André Gide

You just have to keep plugging away and if you get lucky enough to get a job, you get one. Michael Vartan

At one point, I was in a place where it didn't feel like it was going to happen and I was feeling pretty down on myself. But I stuck to it, and now I have a hit comedy on my hands. You've got to keep plugging away at it. If you really believe in yourself, you can definitely make it happen. Zachary Knighton

I had been self-publishing for a number of years at that stage and selling my books at markets around Melbourne - little pocket books. I'd make them for 10 cents and sell them for a dollar. But I knew there was an audience who loved silly stuff so I just kept plugging away. Andy Griffiths

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience. John Gruber

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