I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
Your job as a trial attorney is to try to convey to the jury the essence of the people you represent.
I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something.
That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.
I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.
One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.
What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.
I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were 1,000 girls. And there were three jobs. So I said I'll just try comedy. And I loved it.
Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.
It was the 31st of August in 1962 that eighteen of us traveled twenty-six miles to the county courthouse in Indianola to try to register to become first-class citizens. We was met in Indianola by policemen, Highway Patrolmen, and they only allowed two of us in to take the literacy test at the time.
We cannot get by Auschwitz. We should not even try, as great as the temptation is, because Auschwitz belongs to us, is branded into our history, and - to our benefit! - has made possible an insight that could be summarized as, 'Now we finally know ourselves.'
That's the ultimate goal - to try to go deep into the Australian Open and deep into the other slams throughout the year.
I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.
I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
I'll never try to win an award. I'm out there just playing for my team.
I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.