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"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."
Elvis Presley
"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."
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"In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years."
Mac Davis
"In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years."
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"I intend to live forever, or die trying."
Groucho Marx
"I intend to live forever, or die trying."
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"I didn't want to do it... I'd been trying to get out of TV for years!"
Sally Kellerman
"I didn't want to do it... I'd been trying to get out of TV for years!"
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"The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart."
Rasmus Lerdorf
"The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart."
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"I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet."
Kenneth Branagh
"I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet."
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"I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down."
Megan Fox
"I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down."
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"It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it."
David Spade
"It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it."
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"Trying to give back a little bit is important."
Mark Goddard
"Trying to give back a little bit is important."
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"What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together."
Emma Thompson
"What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together."
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"I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words."
Dennis Farina
"I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words."
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"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."
Elvis Presley
"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."
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"Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it."
Amber Tamblyn
"Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it."
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"When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment."
Lou Reed
"When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment."
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"I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough."
Christy Romano
"I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough."
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"We're trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from, and we're trying to get to the bottom of what it's of and who it's of."
Anthony Weiner
"We're trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from, and we're trying to get to the bottom of what it's of and who it's of."
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"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious."
David Letterman
"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious."
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"I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here."
Helen Reddy
"I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here."
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"I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that's not fair. I can only say what I felt was trying to be portrayed there."
Taylor Dane
"I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that's not fair. I can only say what I felt was trying to be portrayed there."
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"All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
Tupac Shakur
"All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
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"It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline."
Sid Waddell
"It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline."
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"I am always trying to write."
Joanna Newsom
"I am always trying to write."
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"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."
John Hartford
"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."
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"Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you."
William Frederick Book
"Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you."
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"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."
David Strathairn
"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."
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"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."
Toni Braxton
"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."
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"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true."
William Ralph Inge
"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true."
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"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
Martin Short
"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
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"On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture."
Christopher Eccleston
"On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture."
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"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."
Bruce Johnston
"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."
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"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes."
Jamie Zawinski
"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes."
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"Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere."
Diane Cilento
"Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere."
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"It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be."
Kristen Stewart
"It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be."
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"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."
Moira Kelly
"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."
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"I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade."
Alex Winter
"I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade."
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"Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in."
Katharine Hepburn
"Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in."
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"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it."
Clive Owen
"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it."
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"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."
Marie Windsor
"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."
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"I have tried so hard to do right."
Grover Cleveland
"I have tried so hard to do right."
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"Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out."
Alison Bechdel
"Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out."
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"James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can."
Samuel Beckett
"James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can."
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"I'd read the book and liked the book, but it made me really uncomfortable trying to picture myself in this part. Here's this guy who seems to be the embodiment of every single perfect guy."
Robert Pattinson
"I'd read the book and liked the book, but it made me really uncomfortable trying to picture myself in this part. Here's this guy who seems to be the embodiment of every single perfect guy."
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"Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying."
Chaka Khan
"Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying."
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"But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us."
Waylon Jennings
"But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us."
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"I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."
Phil Collins
"I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me."
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"I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about."
Christian Slater
"I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about."
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"I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen."
Travis Barker
"I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen."
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"I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing."
Obie Trice
"I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing."
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"Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished."
Bootsy Collins
"Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished."
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"Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show."
David Selby
"Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show."
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