Trying Quotes
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But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.
Michael Morpurgo -
there were these peopleon the ground,they were reaching up theirarms and trying to pull medownbutthey couldn't doit.I felt like pissing onthem.they were sojealous.all they had to do wasto work their wayslowly up to itas I haddone.such people thinksuccess grows ontrees.you and I,we knowbetter.
Charles Bukowski
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There comes the time at every Passover seder when someone will open a door to let in the prophet Elijah. At that moment, something like a spell invariably descends over the celebrants, and everyone stares into the doorway, trying to make out the quiet movements of the prophet as he glides his way in and takes the empty seat among us.
Andre Aciman -
We want Lyft to meet your needs, whether going out to a nice date or event and want a nicer car, or if you're just trying to get to work every day and need something affordable.
Logan Green -
It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.
Liya Kebede -
Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.
Glen Campbell -
I've spent my whole career trying to stay out of any box that anyone could put me in. 'I'm going to do a play now.' 'Now I'll do a musical.' That was my instinct. So I don't feel boxed in. But 'African-American woman' is part of my identity. I don't want to relinquish that - especially as a mother, helping my daughter find her identity.
Audra McDonald -
Once you start classifying and trying to identify your own comedy style, you've ceased to be funny.
Jane Lynch
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Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.
Anjelah Johnson -
I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be.
Jason Mraz -
We are a traditional sport in an innovative society, and so trying to make change is always a task.
Katrina Adams -
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?'. I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.
Dan Castellaneta -
Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you?
Claire Cook -
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
Brian Eno Roxy Music
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Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights.
Daniel Burrus -
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
John Bercow -
I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.
Anna Kendrick -
When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.
Winslow Homer -
Childhood is just this amazing place, and in my books, I was trying to express my concern about childhood being eroded. You have kids' TV programs being interrupted by terrorist attacks, and kids are exposed to so much these days.
Alexandra Adornetto -
We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.
James Lapine
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That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.
Nicholas Sparks -
We prefer people who are trying to imitate us more than those who are trying to equal us. This is because imitation is a sign of esteem, but the desire to equal others is a sign of envy.
Madeleine de Souvre -
The more you try to erase me The more, the more The more that I appear
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
I think anybody who looks at my record will say I've been trying to cut government spending and make government live more like families do.
Ander Crenshaw