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"I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right."
"I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning."
"Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder."
"Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic."
"Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob."
"It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last."
"The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else."
"I've spent a lot of time wondering, What's going to happen? What's going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown."
"This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed."
"Having cancer does make you try to be better at everything you do and enjoy every moment. It changes you forever. But it can be a positive change."
"To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors."
"Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame."
"I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through."
"I'm working for myself; what else have I got to work for? How can you work for an audience? What do you imagine an audience would want? I have got nobody to excite except myself, so I am always surprised if anyone likes my work sometimes. I suppose I'm very lucky, of course, to be able to earn my living by something that really absorbs me to try to do, if that is what you call luck."
"Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose."
"We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion."
"There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you."
"Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work."
"People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful."
"Once you get to the plate, you have two options: You either quit, or you try to hit the ball."
