- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying Quotes
Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.
This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not want to say I'm a product designer. I've been trying all my life to not be categorized, to learn something and then to forget about it.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.
- Compassion
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- Nov 07, 2020
My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think about trying to make it better. That's all I do when we play 'Even Flow' or anything off of 'Ten': 'Let's do this the best we can.'
- Flowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a film works, the director had a lot to do with that, but the director also didn't have a lot to do with that. There are so many moving parts. It's really about being open to how the river is flowing and trying to get on the river.
- Frighten
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- Nov 07, 2020
'We don't torture' is the anguished cry of squishy people who have decided that trying to frighten terrorists by roughing them up is somehow the very definition of torture.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a composer, I'm basically trying to represent myself through my music in an honest way.
- Hang
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- Nov 07, 2020
The middle-class ladder has rungs that no longer exist for many trying to climb higher. Instead, for too many, in too many places, their chore is simply trying to hang on.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020