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The Great Gatsby
Hamlet

Trying Quotes

If you go about trying to please everyone, there’s going to be endless struggles.

– Sonny Bill Williams

Music can connect people on an intimate level. What Josh and I are trying to do is represent anyone who has some of the questions that we have.

– Tyler Joseph

One big difference between our situation in Myanmar and other situations around the world is that we’re not just trying to achieve peace with one group but 11 groups – so it is incredibly complicated as well.

– Thein Sein

The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That’s the only way that you’re ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.

– Tom Jenkinson

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.

– Stephen Harper

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

– Sacha Guitry

I’m not sure I’m trying to communicate a message. I’m just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

– Wole Soyinka

I’m trying to be entertaining without being mean.

– Tina Brown

I’m much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines. The people who do that as a profession are very talented because it’s certainly not easy.

– Tom Brady

What I have appreciated about the ‘Call of Duty’ games is the scale of production. It’s not an indie game. It’s not trying to be an indie game. But I’ve genuinely been pretty consistently blown away by, wow, what an effort has gone into this.

– Trent Reznor

The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I’m tired of trying to impress myself with weird sounds. It’s about the notes more.

– Steve Vai

All I’m really interested in musically is trying to make concept albums. Serving a larger sum than the parts.

– Sturgill Simpson

I’m trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family.

– Terrence Howard

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

– Win Butler

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I’d lay my cards down on that, and say that it’s that that I’m trying to do.

– Terry Pratchett

It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you’re trying to say.

– Shelby Lynne

I’m trying to leave more of my calendar open for the spontaneous things. A lot of fun stuff that happened in previous years were things that were like, ‘Hey are you available next week?’ I wasn’t really open unless it was planned months in advance. I’m excited to play it by ear and let a lot of stuff happen as it happens.

– Tyler Oakley

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