“I try to keep that quiet unless it is asked but yeah, I have a girlfriend and she is a great girl” TryingGirlQuietYeahGirlfriend Author:Jesse McCartney
“I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French. And yeah, sure I could get with a dialect coach and work for six months trying to talk like a Frenchman. But there's some French actors. Just get one of them, you know.” IfsKnowsTryingActorsMonthsSixYeahCoachesSix MonthsDialectFrenchmenDialect Coach Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of... Well, the time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of Glory days - yeah, they'll pass you by, Glory days - in the wink of a young girl's eye.” TryingWellsLittlesStoriesEyeYoungGirlGlorySittingYeahBoringSlipsGlory Days Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect. When it's all said and done, my name will be there and it will be mentioned ... unless you Earthlings try to erase it.” WorldNeedsTryingSaidStillsDoneNamesBasketballYeahGetting OldGetting OlderEraseSaid And DoneExpletives Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“My faith in God is a huge part of my life, and yeah He has blessed me with an amazing family, and group of friends. In the Bible he tells us to think positively about ourselves, to not be down on ourselves. So I just try to live the way He wants me to, and make the best decisions I can.” ThinkingWayWantTryingI CanDecisionGroupsHugeYeahBlessedWant MeFaith In GodPositivelyThink PositivelyGroup Of FriendsHe Wants MeAmazing Family Author:Bethany Hamilton
“I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.” ThinkingTryingTodayYeahCustomers Author:Steve Martin
“John Kerry is busy trying to raise money right now for his campaign. It was reported today that Kerry's hoping to raise $80 million before the Democratic convention. That's a lot of money. Yeah, Kerry has two ways to raise the $80 million: soliciting Democratic donors and going through his wife's purse.” WayTryingTwoTodayMillionsWifeRight NowRaisesYeahDemocraticBusyCampaignsConventionsLots Of MoneyTwo WaysPursesJohn KerryDonors Author:Conan O'Brien
“It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.” PeopleThinkingTryingStuffGoalRolesNiceLike YouLuckyYeahAuditionsSnl Author:Bobby Moynihan
“I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingTryingYearsHardTodayJobsTimeNextHappenedOne DayLuckyDeterminationYeahLuckFortuneSevenPersistenceSooner Or LaterSeventiesPersistentSeven YearsMonarchyLooking For A Job Author:Jerry Della Femina
“I go into the crowd almost everyday and I really really really despise it when people try to steal my shoes. That is a thing where they're proabably like 'oh, you can just go out and buy a new pair'. Like yeah, but those are my shoes. How would you feel if I tried to steal your shoes?” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingYeahEverydayShoesCrowdsStealingPairsDespise Author:Jack Barakat
“I'm not a gangster, I'm not a thug.. I'm just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me.. yeah I'm gonna hurt 'em.. if you come and you ain't coming right I'm gonna blow your head off.” IfsFeelsTryingHurtYeahBlowEmsHurt MeGangstersThug Author:Curtis Jackson
“I hunt feral hogs. I try not to shoot creatures. That doesn't do anything for me. But big, nasty, smelly, bristly things with tusks that destroy everything that they touch. Yeah, I'll shoot them.” TryingBigsCreaturesYeahNastyHuntsHogSmelly Author:David Feherty
“All my friends are always telling me how hard it is to have kids. 'Oh, David, it's so hard.' That's not hard. I'll tell you what hard is. Try talking your girlfriend into her third consecutive abortion. Yeah, that's hard, that takes finesse. You're just inconvenienced.” TryingHardHumorKidsFunnyTalkingMy FriendsThirdsYeahGirlfriendAbortionYour GirlfriendFinesseConsecutive Author:David Cross
“I don't know about you, but when they first introduced bottled water, I thought it was so funny, I was like "Bottled water! Haha, they're selling bottled water! ... I guess I'll try it. Ah, this is good, this is more watery than water. Yeah, this has got a water kick to it."” KnowsTryingFirstsHumorFunnyWaterYeahSellingKicksHahaBottled Water Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I find it's too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we're being well-defended, of exactly what we're doing. When someone tells us something we're doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can't read them.” IfsTryingWellsI CanToo MuchFansYeahEndlessBoardsCritique Author:Adam Savage
“I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home.” TryingHomeYeahHotel Author:Matt Bomer
“I'm not the guy whose gonna shoot 10,000 free-throws until I'm Michael Jordan - and it did happen kind of accidentally that I said, "Okay, yeah, I'll try singing."” TryingKindSaidHappensGuySingingOkayYeahJordanFree Throw Author:D.A. Wallach
“I like Pixie Sticks. Yeah, screw the middle man. Just a tube of sugar... I'd pour two of those in a big 12 ounce coke. And I'd go out to catechism class and try to concentrate on the priest. I saw Jesus several times. I swear I did.” MenTryingTwoBigsJesusClassSawsMiddleYeahSticksPriestsSugarSwearScrewsTubesCokePixiesCatechism Author:Tim Allen
“Of course, we're so lucky to be in a time where that's not our reality anymore. I just thought it was very interesting to go back to that time now, and to look at all of these issues that are still relevant today, but just in such a different way, and to see how we approach them and try to overcome them. Yeah, we've come a long way with medicine and women's health in the Western world, but in a lot of parts of the rest of the world, that's still a huge issue.” WorldWayTryingLooksLongStillsDifferentRealityTodayCoursesInterestingIssuesHugeLuckyApproachOvercomingYeahMedicineWesternDifferent WaysRelevantLong WayVery InterestingWestern WorldSo LuckyWomen's Health Author:Eve Hewson
“I try not to think retrospectively. It's important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that involves some challenge. If you approach a piece of work and you're going, "Yeah, yeah, I can do that," then that's kind of a red flag.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksKindI CanImportantArtistCan DoChallengesPiecesApproachRedYeahFlagsRed Flags Author:Cillian Murphy
“I'm in full transparency here of "Yeah, I'm trying to find my financing."” TryingYeahTransparencyFinancing Author:Lake Bell
“Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning actually, the first person I had to convince was myself really because there's a self-censorship. When everybody says 'we don't do silent movies anymore,' you agree with everybody, and you say 'yeah, you're right.' It was a fantasy.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsPersonsSelfSometimesRememberFantasyAgreeYeahSilentConvinceCensorshipFirst PersonSilent MoviesSelf Censorship Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“When I trip, I feel like that's the world saying come here for a second. It just pulls me closer for a second, yeah what do you want? I just want to remind you that you're uncoordinated. I'm aware of that, thank you... can I go now? Yeah, you can go, but never ever try to outrun me. Ok, world, see you later. Yeah, I'll see you in about 50 years.” WorldWantFeelsTryingYearsYeahOutrun Author:Demetri Martin
“I'm very religious, you know. Now, OK, if by 'religious', you mean that I go to church every Sunday, read the bible faithfully, and I listen to Debbie Boone, umm, I'm not religious in that sense... But if by 'religious' you mean that I love others and try to help them whenever possible... Again, no. But if by 'religious' you mean that I like to eat coleslaw... Yeah, OK, OK!” IfsKnowsTryingMeanHelpingChurchReligiousYeahSunday Author:Emo Philips
“Hollywood is just so strange. It's like, everyone has a whole bunch of stuff boiling away and whichever one happens first, happens. That one, we're still in the process of, you know, trying to write the script. So, it's still very early stages at this point. Yeah.” KnowsWritingTryingFirstsStillsWholeHappensStuffProcessStageStrangeHollywoodYeahScriptsBunchBoiling Author:James Wan
“Um, yeah, it's one of the things that you kind of have to accept at the very beginning, like I'm not going to try and be super [deep?] factor and no, I can only do it this way, because that's just not how this film's going to work. Like it's got to be sort of a mesh of reality and complete unreality and you kind of have to accept that and go with it.” WayTryingKindI CanRealityFilmAcceptingYeahFactorsGoing To WorkUnrealityMesh Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“Women have it good when it comes to masturbation. Guys, we just have our hands. For the rest of our lives, that's it. Sometimes your friend will go, 'Ever try your left hand? It's like a whole different person.' Yeah, a retarded person.” TryingPersonsDifferentSometimesWholeHandsGuyLeftOur LivesYeahMasturbationRetardedLeft Hand Author:Jay Mohr
“My friends are trying to get me to go out on blind dates. Big 'NO' to that because all my friends are a bunch of lying geeks. They're always like, 'Brian, you're really gonna dig this girl. She's got Traci Lords' eyes, Michelle Pfeiffer's nose, Kim Basinger's lips.' Yeah, they always forget to tell me she's also got Charlie Brown's head.” TryingBigsEyeLyingGirlForgetLordMy FriendsYeahBlindLipsBunchNosesBrownGeekCharlieKimBrianThis GirlBlind Date Author:Brian Posehn
“I flew out here on Southwest Airlines. Southwest has a plane that's painted like Shamu the whale from Sea World. Yeah, that'll be easy to find if that went down in the ocean. That'll be nice, when you're trying to get out and a real whale's humping your window.” IfsWorldTryingRealEasyNiceSeaOceanWindowYeahPlanesBeing NiceFlewAirlineWhalesSouthwest Airlines Author:Robert Schimmel
“Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but nearly all I listend to for the last 14 years of my life.” TryingYearsLastsCausesYeah Author:DJ Shadow
“Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must have been surprised to see him out there, then.” MenTryingHas BeensPlayerMusicianYeahGreat MusicJustinGreat Musician Author:Common
“I enjoyed being what I was in radio, which some thought of as a shock jock although, to this day, I still can't figure out what I've done that's so shocking. As to my favorite interviews, I loved having my mother and father on. I also enjoyed talking to Elmo, who's a puppet. I found T.I.'s trying to be extra-cool very endearing. Tyra Banks was not the diva I expected her to be. I loved talking to her. And Simon Cowell is a really nice guy. Yeah! He's my fave, and he's handsome.” TryingStillsDoneMotherGuyFoundFatherTalkingNiceFiguresYeahMy FavoriteRadioExpectedEnjoyedExtrasInterviewsShockThis DayShockingHandsomeReally NicePuppetsMother And FatherNice GuyJocksEndearingFaveElmo Author:Wendy Williams
“For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingYearsLittlesStillsTwoDifferentGuyEnergyStuffBitsTeamDyingLittle BitDown AndYeahMonsters Author:Darryl Dawkins
“My personal success would be that people understand what I was trying to do. It was the most palatable when I watchmen_7_mdid Dawn. With Watchmen, too, I feel the same way. The movie's ironic and satirical and it's funny and serious and that's kind of the same way I felt about Dawn. Like I really was making a movie that knows it's a zombie movie and enjoys that and wants the audience to say, yeah, that's okay.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingKindWould BeFeltEnjoyAudienceSeriousOkayYeahDawnIronicZombieSatiricalPersonal SuccessZombie Movie Author:Zack Snyder
“I got a parking ticket one time in L.A. and I was furious about it. I was trying to prove a point to the guy who gave it to me and I put it in my mouth and chewed it up. And the guy just kept watching me, like, "Yeah?" He didn't think I was going to finish the job. So then I swallowed it. The good news is that paper is not a big deal if you eat it.You'd be full, but you could eat the phone book. So that was the weirdest thing: a parking ticket.” IfsThinkingTryingBookBigsJobsGuyDealsProvePaperNewsMouthsYeahPhonesOne TimeTicketsGood NewsBig DealFuriousParking Author:Rob Huebel
“On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my own breakdown and spiritual awakening around this work, my motto was, "Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing." Which I think is the way the majority of adults in our culture live. Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingLittlesSpiritualCultureSidesMy OwnStruggleResearchAdultsYeahMajorityAwakeningAuthenticityVulnerableUncomfortableVulnerabilityMottoFlipSpiritual AwakeningBreakdownSaying YesMy Motto Author:Brené Brown
“Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to be honest - it's mostly melodic parts. I try not to play too many notes. It's just more instrumental music. It's a totally valid criticism if you don't like that kind of thing. It also is maybe a little anachronistic or unnecessary in a certain way.” IfsWayTryingKindLittlesMadePlayCertainRecordsHonestCriticismYeahNotesGuitarBeing HonestMemorableUnnecessaryInstrumental Music Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I don't have like whatever, so I'm just like, "Oh man, I'm just going to try to stay out of most people's way and get a taco and enjoy myself as much as I can," because it's such a beautiful town. Beautiful weather. I called my dad that day to tell him what was going on with my passport and he was like, "Yeah it snowed four inches today. It's ten degrees outside." I'm just like, "Cool. I'm glad I'm in Austin, no matter what."” PeopleMenWayTryingI CanMatterTodayBeautifulEnjoyFourDadTenDegreesTownsNo Matter WhatYeahMy DadGladWeatherInchesPassportsAustinTacos Author:Justin Vernon
“I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.” KnowsTryingBigsLanguageMinesMaterialsCatYeahCome UpStealingFranklinAdmirerScorsese Author:Don Cheadle
“I feel it's easier to sit in the backseat and go, "Oh, yeah, let's go there." You're not worried about getting to the destination. But the guy or the woman who has to get you to the destination is worried about a lot of other things, so my job as an actor is to try as many things as possible, be as open as possible, listen, and keep my heart open.” FeelsTryingHeartJobsGuyActorsMy HeartEasierYeahWorriedDestinationBackseat Author:Susan Sarandon
“Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"” FeelsTryingLittlesYeahAuthenticityVulnerableUncomfortableVulnerability Author:Brené Brown
“I'm usually trying to get back into the dream or analyzing the dream. And yeah, the days, most days begin like that.” TryingDreamYeahGet BackAnalyzing Author:Saul Williams
“I was trying to think of a word that was not offensive. Yeah, Harry [Elfont] is right - it is kind of a different MTV for sure.” ThinkingTryingKindDifferentYeahOffensiveMtv Author:Deborah Kaplan
“As soon as you think you have a firm idea you allow it to dissolve and you let go of it, particularly when it comes to a stylistic or aesthetic identity. In fact, you only really find out what it is when you deconstruct it; so, yeah, that's a sort of collage sensibility of having a lot of voicings coming from all over the place and not necessarily trying to shape them or try to commodify them. It keeps you in the living language... an opportunity to not be governed so much by intellect.” ThinkingTryingIdeasFactsOpportunityLanguageIdentityShapesLetting GoYeahIntellectFirmAestheticSensibilityCollages Author:Daniel O'Sullivan
“I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know if I could work that way.' She said, 'Well, just show up here and we'll see,' and I said, 'Well, what would it be about?' She said, 'Duh, it'd be about a tall girl and a short girl.' So I agreed to come and try it for a day.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingWellsSaidHardStoriesShowsTogetherRememberGirlSoundYeahComplainingIf I CouldTallDuhScrabbleWhinersTall GirlShort Girl Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I have been acting for almost 20 years now. At first it changed in my focus and how much I wanted to act. When I was younger, it was so much fun, and I really wanted it, but it was not competitive. Then I became a teenager and it became kind of competitive and not as much fun. I pulled back and I got lazy about it, where I was like, "Yeah, I guess, I'll do small parts in cool movies," but I wasn't really trying to say anything.” TryingYearsFirstsKindHas BeensWantedFunActingFocusChangedYeahTeenagerLazySay AnythingSmall PartsCool Movie Author:Alia Shawkat
“I jump out of the boat [in The Lost World], and I'm trying to swim to the kid, and my boots fill with water, and I start to drown, and the director has no idea why I'm flailing around. He's, "Come on, come on!" And I managed to rescue myself. I'm wet and sitting on the banks of the river, and John walks over to me and says, "Are you all right, dear boy?" "Yeah, I'm all right."” WorldTryingIdeasKidsLostWaterWalksBoysDirectorsSittingRiversYeahDearBoatNo IdeaSwimBootsWetRescueFlailing Author:Eric McCormack
“I don't speak cockney and I don't pretend to come from that part of the world. For the longest time the English, like the Beatles and so on sounded American. "She loves you yeah yeah yeah!" All of the sudden you sound American. It doesn't work that way with Americans who try to sing English. It's not convincing. If I say "Footy" and "tele" and "Brissy" and "Sydney" and "Simmo" it's not convincing.” IfsWorldWayTryingSpeakSoundLove YouYeahConvincingSydneyFootyCockneysYeah Yeah Yeahs Author:Gene Simmons
“My first film I made, "Permanent Vacation," we shot in 1979 for like $12,000, part of which I got a fake car loan for that Amos Poe told me you could do that. And, yeah, I had no idea what I was doing. It was just like, well, we're going to try and do this. Partly because I had been following Amos Poe and Eric Mitchell around for about a year, and I worked on some of Eric's films as a sound recordist and stuff.” TryingYearsFirstsWellsMadeIdeasFilmStuffSoundCarShotsYeahFollowingNo IdeaPermanentFakeVacationLoanEricCar Loan Author:Jim Jarmusch