Trying Quotes - Page 363

She had been born for this man, and she had spent so many years trying to accept the fact that he had been born for someone else.

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

I'm still doing me. I try to come up with different concept for my shows, you gotta keep the people interested, but I'm still me.

I was trying to match my mental image of the world, rather than the world itself, and mental images of objects aren't full of detail. If you think house, you're going to get something very general... Dropping detail made the photographs more general, like mental images.

Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.

The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what its potential might be.

For my mind, I try to reduce stress by finding quiet time and meditating.

Stop trying to figure it out. I love puzzles, but when I'm done putting together a puzzle, I feel accomplished, and then I wonder, "What's next?" Then I go start another puzzle. Life is a puzzle that I feel like we'll never fully put together. And I like that because, ultimately, I don't want to have life figured out and then wonder, "What's next?" That seems scary to me.

When I first started [taking acting classes] I sort of stuck my toes in but I was so nervous I didn't know if I could go all the way. I was so scared about it for some reason. The more confident I got with it, the more I just fell in love with it. I love going to work every day and trying to make the most of the stuff I've been given.

I think all experience is, in some way, shape or form, filtered down to help you, in your present moment. With Shakespeare, you're trying to act with a fairly archaic language, although in certain aspects, it's deeply modern.

I must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat.

It's always judged on funny first, then the facts, and the realism, and the points that you're trying to make.

I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.

I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.

You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do.

Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore -- "I'm easy; I'll eat anything" -- can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.

I've worked in the movie business for many, many years, where you have lots of days and lots of money. It's really mainly about time. We always try to conceive all of our action from a place of, "What can we shoot that looks fantastic?," rather than trying to do the kinds of thing that you would be able to accomplish in a movie.

They say you should know your limits and work within them. But how can you really know your limits unless you try to expand them?

The best way to solve a problem? Try explaining it to somebody outside your field.

I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

Don't you dare besmirch the name of Congress. They are patriotic Americans trying to dress and feed themselves.

Phil [Wood] said to me in the car going back, he said, "Look man, you better know why you're playing this music. Because I've known too many who lived and died for it. And if you're not trying to change the world, I'm not interested."

As a youngster I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like now where you have books and books about every aspect of anything. Any little pearl of wisdom was welcome back then.