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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 have tried so hard to do right."
"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."
"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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"Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished."
"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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"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"
"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"
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"My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size."
"My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size."
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"I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do."
"I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do."
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"I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else."
"I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else."
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"I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."
"I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."
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"We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues."
"We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues."
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"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."
Phil Collins
"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."
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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."
"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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"Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show."
"Oh I am trying to remember, we would read the script after we did the show."
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"Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model."
"Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model."
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"We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be."
"We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be."
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"I'm trying to get out of my own way."
"I'm trying to get out of my own way."
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"I'm trying to remain unfamous."
"I'm trying to remain unfamous."
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"We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in."
Kelly Preston
"We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in."
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"I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything."
Lil' Kim
"I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything."
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"I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying."
"I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying."
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"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
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"If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run."
"If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run."
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"I'm not trying to be the new anybody."
"I'm not trying to be the new anybody."
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"You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do."
"You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do."
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"I'm currently trying to direct my own material."
"I'm currently trying to direct my own material."
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"I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am."
"I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am."
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"Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way."
"Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way."
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"As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody."
"As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody."
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"Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it."
"Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it."
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"I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail."
"I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail."
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"When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way."
John Zorn
"When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way."
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"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."
"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."
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"We're trying to make a movie that's interesting."
"We're trying to make a movie that's interesting."
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"I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!"
"I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!"
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"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."
Edward Witten
"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."
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"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
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"I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted."
Geri Halliwell
"I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted."
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"I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy."
Lars Ulrich
"I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy."
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"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."
"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."
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"Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else."
"Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else."
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"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."
"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."
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"I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth."
"I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth."
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"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."
"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."
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"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."
"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."
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"One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools."
"One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools."
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"I had just done what she does in the story just about a year earlier - I moved from New Jersey and came to New York and was working at a bar, and you know, trying to make it."
"I had just done what she does in the story just about a year earlier - I moved from New Jersey and came to New York and was working at a bar, and you know, trying to make it."
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"I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image."
"I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image."
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"I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me."
"I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me."
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"While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong."
"While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong."
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