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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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"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 think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing."
Joshua Homme
"I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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'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'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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"I'm trying to remain unfamous."
Anwar Robinson
"I'm trying to remain unfamous."
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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 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 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'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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"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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"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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"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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"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'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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"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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"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'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 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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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