#trying

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#equality #exemplary #jackie #jackie robinson #make

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#answer #days #english #english language #every

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#expectation #find #i #kind #language

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#consequences #deal #diabetes #hard #later

There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#boy #deep #deep inside #dependent #embarrassed

We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.' ↗

— Stuart Appleby

#conquer #dr #evil #like #playing

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#beings #color #human #human beings #i

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture. ↗

— Steve Albini

#before #blindfolded #enlightening #know #more

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#hearts #keep #say #their #trying

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#anyway #care #first #football #got