#tryin

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#athlete #before #being #both #combination

I am trying to be guided by my passion. ↗

— America Ferrera

#guided #i #i am #passion #trying

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#like #make #my life #order #out

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#any #associate #conducted #exploit #ghraib

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#also #appeals #being #being honest #even

I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#story #tell #truthfully #trying

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#boring #figure #get #going #know

When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#because #chaos #clarity #distance #emotional

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#biggest mistake #doing #enjoy #life #living

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#clowns #emulate #fellow #hope #i