#trying

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

I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious. ↗

— David Letterman

#i #just #make #trying #unconscious

What about the accusation that Hollywood is trying to advance its liberal agenda? Well, the fact is, while the creative community admittedly leans left, Hollywood has become a corporate town. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#accusation #admittedly #advance #agenda #become

So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#already #change #correct #fact #found

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know? ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#because #cliche #day #goal #i

When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story into a how-to book, and they were offering us some decent money. My agent told me; "you should really consider this". ↗

— Kenny Loggins

#avon #book #change #consider #deal

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned. ↗

— John Lone

#conditioned #i #make #neutral #point

Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #explain #got