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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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"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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"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."
Elliott Smith
"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."
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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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"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'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 think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."
Shannyn Sossamon
"I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."
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"No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form."
Harold Ramis
"No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form."
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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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"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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"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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"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 don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying."
Jamie Farr
"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'm currently trying to direct my own material."
Tom Skerritt
"I'm currently trying to direct my own material."
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"We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues."
Ruth Brown
"We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues."
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"We're trying to make a movie that's interesting."
Jason Statham
"We're trying to make a movie that's interesting."
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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 trying to remain unfamous."
Anwar Robinson
"I'm trying to remain unfamous."
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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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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'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'm not trying to be the new anybody."
Steve Forbert
"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."
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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"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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"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."
Willa Ford
"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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"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."
Bill Williams
"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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"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."
Peter Hammill
"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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"I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself."
Janet Jackson
"I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself."
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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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"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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"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."
Viggo Mortensen
"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 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 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 just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it."
Roscoe Mitchell
"I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it."
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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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"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 want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."
Gavin DeGraw
"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."
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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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"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'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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"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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"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 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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"Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra."
Phil Silvers
"Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra."
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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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