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I'm not a guy who is out trying to promote myself. It's really not me. — Mark Prior

Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live. — D.T. Suzuki

On the court, I'm not afraid of anything. I try to have confidence and have a belief in myself. — Stephen Curry

I'm there to make people laugh. I'm not trying to come across as sexy. — Jim Gaffigan

I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape. — Calvin Klein

The people who call you names are just trying to make themselves feel better. They've fucked up too. You're not the only one. — Kody Keplinger

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. — William J. Clinton

You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism. — J. D. Hayworth

I'm trying to build a brand. I'm not just doing one-off projects. — Brandon T. Jackson

I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling. — Martin Kippenberger

It's not that I'm rebelling. It's that I'm just trying to find another way. — Edie Sedgwick

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq. — Shaquille O'Neal

Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156) — Keith Ablow

I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with. — Joan Collins

We were both broken, trying to become unbroken. Maybe we just needed a little help. Not to fix each other, but to help us fix ourselves. — Chelsea M. Cameron

My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with ... That is an old woman trying to get into heaven now. — Bill Cosby

If you are possessed of Fear, do not waste time trying to "kill out" Fear, but instead cultivate the quality of Courage, and the Fear will disappear. — Three Initiates

If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying. — Kevin Heath

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. — Michael Jordan

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet. — Action Bronson

Are you trying not to give me information? Or is cryptic your only way of communicating? — Robyn Jones

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that. — Ziggy Marley

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. — Kristen Wiig

Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him. — Michael Ende

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying — Joyce Meyer

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. — Alvin Ailey

I'm not disappointed (at not leading), I'm just trying my best. — Carolina Kluft

I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up. — CeeLo Green

I'm a risk taker, so I have come to accept that at times I will fail. To me, that is better than not trying at all. — Cara Santana

I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money. — Moses Malone

Trying to prove you're not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you're not mentally ill,' said Tony. — Jon Ronson

You need to relax and be yourself, not whoever it is you're trying to be in your mad little head. I bloody don't, though. I'm me and I'm good at it. — Nick Harkaway

I can't be someone I'm not. I try to be a warrior on the court, but where I come from, being macho doesn't get you anywhere. — Antonio McDyess

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it. — Ryan Lochte

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public. — Paul Emsley

The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try. — Jess C. Scott

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy. — Nat King Cole

I'm not the type of guy who's funny in the room. I'm the guy who's funny late at night on a computer, trying to construct jokes. — Scott Aukerman

I'm not an extravagant guy ... I don't like going over the top on anything. I have what I need and I try to keep it that way. — Jose Bautista

If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct. — Plotinus

I walk around thinking job to job, trying to not have regrets. — Jake Gyllenhaal

Try not to try to hard, it's just a lovely ride;) — James Taylor

What we're trying to do is get things fixed, not allow them to stay broke. — Mark Rippetoe

Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are. — Salma Hayek

People are not going to give up marriage. But we can try to make it more fair. We can try to change that institution and make it more equal. — Jessica Valenti

I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was trying to show him certain parts of a piece of paper. — Mitch Hedberg

I was trying to point out I'm not opposed to gays having their partnership. I'm opposed to gays using theterm marriage for their relationship. — Rick Warren

I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me. — Curtis Jackson

I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like they're not worth a crap. — Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

I am confident and not trying to hide my bump. I actually want to accentuate it. — Kim Kardashian

I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. — Paul Feig

You're afraid. You're afraid of trying and not succeeding. What's the worst thing that happens if you apply and don't get it? -Scott — Michele Jaffe

She wish she knew what it was she was trying not to think about — Douglas Adams

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much. — John Ortberg

We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do. — Richard J. Foster

I try not to look back too much, but sometimes it's nice to reflect. — McCoy Tyner

If you create a new party ... to try to deny the communist party leadership, then not be allowed to exist. — Li Peng

We can not paint that in a more positive way if it is already negative, we have to take it that way and think of other means for reaching there. — Auliq Ice

The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving. — Christopher McQuarrie

God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying. — Bayard Rustin

Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American. — James Hunter

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying. — Ron Dellums

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. — Swami Vivekananda

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job. — Jada Pinkett Smith

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers. — Mahatma Gandhi

We're not trying for perfect - we're aiming for posh shabby chic. — Rachael Lucas

E.Biscom is an Internet company that is diversified, not a diversified company that is trying out the Internet. — Silvio Scaglia

Try not to write the parts that people skip. — Elmore Leonard

I think you should try ... not to try to be better than everyone around you, but try to be better than yourself everyday. — Anderson Silva

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic. — Frank Miller

Fang! Angel? i yelled, not even trying for stealth. i was storming the castle, not stealing the jewels. — James Patterson

I will forgive if the players cannot get it right, but not if they do not try hard. — Pep Guardiola

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much. — Mark Indelicato

As long as I try, there's always a chance of getting up. It's not the end until you give up. — Nick Vujicic

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine. — Jaggi Vasudev

The big thing is I try not to repeat. — Robert Barry

I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous. — Jessica Alba

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want. — Jeremy Jackson

I've built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself — Haruki Murakami

People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor. — Ryan Phillippe

He pulls the hood over my head. I try to pull back. I'm not trying to run away. I just want to see her ... One last time ... — Malorie Blackman

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage. — Henry Ford

You know it's all right to be wrong, but it's not all right not to try. — Sanford Meisner

I failed miserably at trying not to fall in love with you.
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I failed first. — Colleen Hoover

The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body. — Thomas Moore

I'm trying to accept where I'm at, not run from it. — Gillian Anderson

The Aim ain't about being perfect..It's about not trying being perfect. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know. — Frederick Lenz

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear! — Octavia Spencer

Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard. — Maggie Smith

...it's not fair because I have been trying so hard and how long can this fucking movie last... — Matthew Quick

I really hope he shapes up, you know? He's got a good head on his shoulders when he's not trying to give himself alcohol poisoning. — Hailey Abbott

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening. — Linda Cardellini

Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not. — Ville Valo

It's not better to give than to receive. It's insane to try to give and not receive. — Bob Burg

Today you, my dear Felicia, look incredibly delightful, and I assure you, I'm not trying to humor you in the least. — Jen Turano

I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever. — Odette Annable

I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it. — Robert Barry

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen. — Patti LaBelle

His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing. — Laurell K. Hamilton