"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."
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"The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist."
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"With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half."
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"I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master. ."
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"It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can make music."
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"Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying."
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"We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others."
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"If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people."
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"Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!"
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"Our intentions attract the elements and forces, the events, the situation, the circumstances and the relationships necessary to fulfill the intended outcome. We don't need to become involved in the details-in fact, trying too hard may backfire. Let the non-local intelligence synchronize the actions of the universe to fulfill your intentions for you."
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"Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard and believe in yourself."
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"I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me."
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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."
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"Try living forever with the metaprogram, 'Everything works out more perfectly than I plan it."
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"When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. I thought, "Half of this is workin'. I'm famous, but now I need to be famous with some money." That got my brain started at trying to figure out the business end. And once I figured out the business side, I next came to understand that success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters."
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"Until you try, you don't know what you can't do."
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"Let us ask... how things work at the level of on-going subjugation, at the level of those continuous and uninterrupted processes which subject our bodies, govern our gestures, dictate our behaviors, etc... we should try to discover how it is that subjects are gradually, progressively, really and materially constituted through a multiplicity of organisms, forces, energies, materials, desires, thoughts, etc. We should try to grasp subjection in its material instance as a constitution of subjects."
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"Saints are only sinners who keep trying."
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"Every movie that I do, I always try and better myself in the next one and try and find a part which is more challenging. It's a little vulnerable to do that, to always push the envelope. You position yourself for a lot more flack or a lot more critique because you're trying to do something different. Sometimes you're good at it and sometimes you're not, but it's a chance you have to take to make life exciting."
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"Once you're on stage you can't go back, even when things go wrong people expect you to stay there and entertain them. When all else fails, you've got to try tap dancing."
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