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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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"I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band."
Shannon Hoon
"I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band."
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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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"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."
Mos Def
"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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"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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"I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own."
Loretta Devine
"I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own."
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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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"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."
Richard Dean Anderson
"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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"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."
Bridget Moynahan
"Are you trying to manipulate me? It's working."
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"I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail."
Dr. Dre
"I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail."
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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 trying to sell every audience something; that something is me."
Eddy Arnold
"I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me."
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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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"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 realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do."
Richard Foreman
"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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"Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture."
Steve Albini
"Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture."
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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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"I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth."
Lauren Holly
"I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth."
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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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"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."
Taylor Hanson
"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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"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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"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
Michael Rosenbaum
"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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"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."
Brian Eno
"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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"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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"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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"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
Christian Bale
"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
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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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"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."
Alanis Morissette
"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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"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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"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."
Piper Perabo
"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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"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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"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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"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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"Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model."
John Hull
"Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model."
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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."
Edward Hall
"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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"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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"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."
Paul Nurse
"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 think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell, or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years."
Martha Stewart
"I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell, or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years."
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"I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image."
Alice Cooper
"I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image."
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"I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best."
Townes Van Zandt
"I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best."
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"There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't."
Tori Amos
"There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't."
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"I'm trying to get out of my own way."
Lucinda Williams
"I'm trying to get out of my own way."
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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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"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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"I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!"
Pat Oliphant
"I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!"
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"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"
Eugene Ormandy
"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"
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"What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy."
Juliette Binoche
"What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy."
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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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"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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"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."
Richard Adams
"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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