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I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly.

I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera.

I like people who try to do big things.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.

If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.

I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

I try not to look for messages in films.

I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.

I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.

You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many.