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When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.

Quotes by Mother Angelica

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

Quotes by Morrissey

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

Quotes by Mos Def

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

Quotes by Mos Def

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

Quotes by Mos Def

I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I...

Quotes by Morris Gleitzman

I try hard to look hip but ladylike; current, but not like I'm trying to be 16.

Quotes by Morgan Fairchild

I think people don't enjoy it as much as they used to. People say, 'Make baseball fun again.' Well, I'm trying.

Quotes by Mookie Betts

I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.

Quotes by Mookie Betts

I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.

Quotes by Mookie Betts

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

Quotes by Montgomery Clift

They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion.

Quotes by Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear...

Quotes by Mohamed ElBaradei

So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence.

Quotes by Mohamed ElBaradei

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

Quotes by Mitchell Hurwitz

It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a corps de ballet.

Quotes by Misty Copeland

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet. I didn't know anything about it.

Quotes by Misty Copeland

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

Quotes by Misty Copeland

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

Quotes by Miranda Lambert

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

Quotes by Miranda Leek

Frequently Asked Questions

What different situations involve 'trying' in these quotes?
They range from quitting the attempt to play a sport, to trying to make a film while reading Jane Austen on breaks, to trying to comply with tax obligations, to always trying to find creative inspiration.
Is there a quote about giving up trying to play a sport?
Yes. One speaker jokes that "Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it," suggesting a career benefited more from stepping back than continuing to play. For more first-person humor, see Me quotes.
Is there a quote about reading during a break from filming?
Yes - one speaker recalls trying to make 'Metropolitan' and reading "a page of two of Jane Austen as a palate-cleanser" during breaks. Browse Like quotes for more personal anecdotes.
Is there a quote about trying to comply with taxes?
Yes. One speaker says, "I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply," describing an ongoing effort to stay compliant. For more on consistent effort, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about trying to find creative inspiration?
Yes - one speaker says they're "always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things." For more first-person creative reflections, see I Am quotes.

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