#trying

It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here. ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#got #great #great life #hated #here

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#fiscal #fiscal house #get #house #order

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#band #chase #check #ended #ever

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#care #case #conscious #cool #credibility

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#convince #first #i #maybe #myself

I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#always #athlete #been #before #being

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#eloquent #ever #man #only #trying

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#defenders #defense #during #faith #fighting

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in. ↗

— Judith Light

#closets #community #figure #gay #gay community

I think that you have to present an image that is... true to you, and... the way you would like to be perceived, so I think that through the years I've worked really hard at trying to create an image that is true to me. ↗

— Kristanna Loken

#hard #i #i think #image #like