#trying

That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though what you really trying to do is tell the bad guy to leave you alone. ↗

— Slick Rick

#bad #bad guy #being #could #easily

I mean, in my - and I'm not trying to do spilled milk, but in those days it was a little - I think it was much tougher, because you got an image, and you were in a saloon. And it was tough to come out of a saloon and to get in films, and to maintain an image, you know. ↗

— Don Rickles

#come #days #films #get #got

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. ↗

— Don Rickles

#different #doing #first #guy #i

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#compete #competing #his #larry #magic

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. ↗

— Edward G. Robinson

#collector #father #friends #lungs #satisfy

I'm trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive. ↗

— Dennis Rodman

#find #game #i #make #more

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#better #constantly #continue #goes #idea

The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#annoying #any #comics #constantly #funny

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#any #cerebral #get #jazz #just

Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out. ↗

— David Petraeus

#area #counterinsurgency #extend #literature #oil