Trying Quotes - Page 560

That is what I like about you, Mr. Dashwood," she said. "You are so decisive. It saves me the bother of thinking for myself." "That is what I like about you, Mrs. Dashwood," he said. "You are so sarcastic. It saves me the trouble of trying to be tactful and charming.

If a character dies, you should feel that. If a character accomplishes something, you should feel that. That's where you try to find that balance. It's impossible to articulate, as you go through it. You just have to recognize it.

I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.

I exhort you never to debase the moral currency or to lower the standard of rectitude, but to try others by the final maxim that governs your own lives, and to suffer no man and no cause to escape the undying penalty which history has the power to inflict on wrong.

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.

The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.

I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

A lot of times, when I'm approaching pre-production and my job, and trying to research and work on the script and whatnot it's always different.

-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.

Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself in a position in the second week. A lot of strange things happen.

The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing.

What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.

I like being put in embarrassing positions because it's the reason why I wanted to be an actress. I want to try different things and things that make me uncomfortable.

And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.

I want to be someone who is known for portraying themselves honestly. I try to avoid aggrandizing things I've done.

I don't think anything I do in life is planned. Sometimes I regret that and I feel like I try to take ahold of the wheel, but I'm also always super excited when things pop up spontaneously and when I'm a little bit out of my depth. I just find that that thrills me.

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.

A lot of my albums that Ive done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. Its before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect.

You can try to change New York, but it's like Jay-Z says: Concrete bunghole where dreams are made up, there's nothing you can do.

Trying on jeans is my favorite thing. Maybe later I can get a pap smear from an old male doctor.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

I consider myself a realist who wants to stand up for women's voices, not when they try to be the same, but when they stand up for who we are and what we see and how important it is that our voice is heard.

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.