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Trying Quotes


"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."


"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."


"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."


"The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart."


"I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet."


"Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished."


"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."


"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."


"I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough."


"Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out."


"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."


"I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted."


"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."


"We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues."


"I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about."


"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."


"No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form."


"I didn't want to do it... I'd been trying to get out of TV for years!"


"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."


"I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before."


"One of the things that I have learned since trying to bring in an interesting story in under 28 pages is that we already agree on great chunks of typical superhero stories."


"Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them."


"I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself."


"Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying."


"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."


"We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in."


"You have that one basic string, but it can vibrate in many ways. But we're trying to get a lot of particles because experimental physicists have discovered a lot of particles."


"I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying."


"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."


"You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices."


"I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing."


"I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."


"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."


"Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in."
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