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Trying Quotes - Page 624

I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the things to keep it smooth going!

"THAT’S HOW HE DOOZ IT! One-on-One with Comedian JB Smoove". Interview with Sergio Mims, www.ebony.com. April 2, 2012.

I’m trying to be the Jay-Z of comedy one day. I don’t know if there’s any comedy moguls out there, but I would love to be the first comedy mogul.

"J.B. Smoove Talks New Series ‘Bent,’ Plan To Become A Comedy Mogul". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.

Trying to prove something to someone is never a valid reason for doing anything.

Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of”, p.658, Simon and Schuster

Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!

Ivan Turgenev (2015). “Fathers and Sons”, p.203, Xist Publishing

Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story.

"The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.

"Hymns and Spiritual Songs". Book by Isaac Watts, as quoted in "Christian Hymn Writers"(ed Elsie Houghton) 1982, 1773.

Not so easy, Mr Lennon. Even if you try.

Isaac Marion (2012). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

What's the point of trying to fix a world we're so briefly in?

Isaac Marion (2016). “Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

Irving Stone (1981). “Irving Stone, three complete novels”, Random House Value Publishing

I'm trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.

"No rules in Bollywood: Irrfan Khan" by Purva Desai |, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. January 24, 2013.