"As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute."
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"I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool."
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"Listening. That's what music is about. You hear it. And I'd listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it."
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"In searching for a way out of my own troubles, I had found my way into the troubles of others, some long gone, and now I was trying to find my way back out, through their troubles, as if we human beings can ever learn from one another."
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"I should say that all compromise is a "stepping down" of the Truth, is trying to reduce something which cannot be reduced, and that for anyone who has understood life these compromises are impossible."
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"After all you grow by experience. But while your son is young, you should try to set before him his ultimate goal."
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"You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!""
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"I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape."
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"A lot of times people will say, 'Well, gosh, you're really good; you should try acting!' And I say, 'Come on! I'm thesping my little guts out over here.'"
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"I feel like I'm trying to speak in a very loving way or a very nonspecific way. I really just want to talk about peace and love and equality. The fact that anybody couldn't get behind equality or love - those are things that are their problem."
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"I really want to try to explore the characters from angles you've never seen and keep them classic and iconic."
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"I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway."
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"I'm trying to get more into other things, where reality is nothing but each individual's way of thinking."
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"I try to get up every day."
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"They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score."
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"What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?"
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"Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone."
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"I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh."
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"I don't know really, it doesn't feel like it has changed to me but I think to have to move with the times. Try out different areas and not get stuck in 1978."
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"I never liked the bar scene. I tried to like it. I would give it a try every three or four months. I'd think, tonight I'm going out. But I never met anybody in that circumstance."
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