#tryin

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#anything #coming #humor #lesbian #more

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#business #campaign #challenges #doing #help

I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do. ↗

— Toni Collette

#artist #been #explore #far #get

When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality. ↗

— Bootsy Collins

#get #hit #i #just #only

English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#american #american history #burn #did #down

Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#any #back #became #because #been

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions. ↗

— David Copperfield

#anything #been #before #challenges #done

Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with. ↗

— Rachel Corrie

#down #having #i #kill #machine

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#decisions #frozen #haven #i #i can

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#bear #biggest #come #demographic #flatten