Correspondingly, a major theme in Chan is that all forms of striving, especially the very striving for Enlightenment, interfere with attention to one's true nature (Hui Neng, 638 713, Platform Scripture).
The reach of classic rock may sometimes seem to exceed its grasp, but that very striving is its most honorable quality.
"Personally, I am very ambitious, striving to coach at the highest level that I can achieve and this fixture represents a fantastic opportunity to test my coaching abilities," he added.
"He very much strove to separate his image from the written word and embrace that ambiguity.
And while many patients may think more is better, very few really strive to achieve the chipmunk-cheek look that comes from too much filler.
Such dramas, of course, are a standard feature of adolescent narratives and John is, in many ways, a very typical teenager: striving for independence before he really knows what it involves, cocky, prone to showing off, wilfully oblivious to the feelings of others.
But Ms. Schapiro said that the organization was "striving very hard to make sure we have no jargon" in its new campaign.
"The U.S. is Japan's only ally, and it is striving very hard to build a stable and democratic government in Iraq," he said.
She sees it, basically, as a way for a woman reporter to prove she's one of the boys: "There are women in the business of communications who are striving very hard by what they think of as impartial standards, and they prove that by being as hard on women who run for political office as the guys.
But just as dictators create themselves, very literally, as icons – striving for ubiquity in their image, always expressed in heroic or godlike terms – so is their fall a very literal one, says Pine. "The fallen idol is what we are literally seeing.
Deborah Hale, who works for Games organisers Locog and is producer of the torch relay, said: "We strived very hard to do something very different from the one that had gone before, to give it a unique voice and to try to reach as many people as possible in a much shorter window".
