"I'm trying to do something that I have kind've a clue how to do."
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"Half the trouble in the world arises from men trying to anticipate their time and season, and the other half from their trying to prolong them."
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"Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can."
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"I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags."
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"I done learned my mistake and learned to do what's right by it. You still trying to get something for nothing. Life don't owe you nothing. You owe it to yourself. - Troy -"
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"Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself."
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"We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions."
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"If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways."
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"Each season I try to incorporate something new that corresponds to the timing and the trends in everyday fashion."
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"Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if we try to pre-empt some of those disaster cleanups by actually investing in the shift now."
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"There are problems everywhere, of course, but you can only see those certain problems when you reach a certain level. So I try to think of those problems as, "This is a sign that I'm having success, that I'm also having issues with this.""
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"No one is trying to be bad for the sake of being bad - there's always a reason behind it."
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"I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it."
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"Try to keep the rebel artist alive in you, no matter how attractive or exhausting the temptation."
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"Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen."
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"I always try to practice what I preach. I meditate for fifteen minutes every day and do yoga several times a week."
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"I... keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world."
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"I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble."
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"It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'"
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"I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails."
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