You are accepted here as long as you make an effort to integrate with local people.
"It's not whether you are smart," she says, "it's whether you make an effort.
Do you make an effort not to eat at your desk and really savour your lunch?
You can never replace it, but with a bit of good design you make an effort.
[S:] Did you make an effort to reach her? [S:] And she wouldn't talk?
If you make an effort to be altruistic, the group will reward you.
It's hard to win debates — and to win nominations — unless you make an effort to do that.
If you make an effort to replace negative words with positive ones, in speech as well as in your internal dialogue, you will think and feel more positive".
What's great about living in Queens is if you make an effort to explore different neighborhoods, it's kind of like rediscovering New York.
If it's something that should be private and is very dear to your heart, you make an effort to keep it that way".
There are fashion shows, of course, and you make an effort with your appearance at the twice-yearly circuit of New York, London, Milan and Paris.
