#trying

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#after #argument #been #case #could

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please. ↗

— Jim Lampley

#does #end #end of the day #father #heart

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying. ↗

— Michael Landon

#cancer #die #going #i #trying

Juggling work and parental responsibilities is no easy task, but I'm trying my best and just like everything else there are good days and there are bad days. ↗

— Ali Landry

#bad days #best #days #easy #else

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life. ↗

— Ali Larter

#believe #best #blood #brought #failure

I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

#kind #projects #see #theatre #trying

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#culture #entity #faith #meeting #place

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery. ↗

— Miranda Leek

#dad #keeps #me #piano #playing

I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences. ↗

— John Legend

#grown #i #influences #listened #me

So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage. ↗

— Jared Leto

#annoying #cage #change #director #dismay