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"As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day."
"I just wanted to make more of a lifestyle record instead of anything else. I wasn't trying to do anything mainstream or nothing like that. I wanted to speak on this time period where I was fed up with a couple things and I had an idea of what I wanted to do."
"If I go down, it's never easy. At least my opponent knows they have to go to the end of the earth to take me out no matter what the circumstances. I do try to compete. Even if it's not your best day, I just try to walk off the court knowing I gave 100,000 percent."
"I try to update as much as possible. You don't want to be in the past."
"To me, a revolutionary film is not a film about a revolution. It has a lot more to do with the art form. It's a film that is revolting against the old established language of cinema that had been brainwashing the people for decades. It is a film that is trying to find ways to use sound and image differently."
"They were two ruined souls doomed to wander their minds, if not the earth, trying to remember from whence they came."
"If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying."
"President [Barack] Obama - he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, but he still used the Labor Department in other ways to try to boost paychecks for American workers."
"I liked that about her. I liked how laid back she was, when she wasn’t trying to stab me."
""I spent two hours trying to question reapers without sounding like I was questioning them. What do you think it says about us as a group, that every reaper I know is either irritable, egotistical, voyeuristic, or some combination of the three?" "That you fit in well?""
"To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us."
"Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion."
"I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do."
"I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them."
"I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes were already on me, probably drawn by my nervous movement."
"Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is and that if I’m not careful he’ll notice that I keep staring at her, and that will be my undoing."
"I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth."
"The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind."
"Try to sleep. Tomorrow’s coming, whether we worry about it or not."
"I always found myself trying to cover the mental anguish and the torment and the abuse that I was dealing with. That made me always question my beauty, my intelligence, and a lot of other things about myself."
