When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out. – Joan Jett
In a way, I’m always trying to do something I’m not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I’m scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won’t work out. That’s my basic mindset. – Jennifer Egan
By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more accommodative – supporting asset values and lower borrowing costs for households and businesses and thus encouraging the spending that spurs job creation and a stronger recovery. – Janet Yellen
I’m interested in so many different things and I’d like to cover a lot of territory. I’m trying to see my show as the Sunday ‘Times.’ You have the Arts & Leisure section, you have the Op-Ed page, you have the Book Review… even the Style section has those wonderful essays about relationships. – Joy Behar
I’m not really much of an actor, so when I started on ‘The Daily Show’, I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. – John Oliver
I know exactly what it’s like to not have a penny. I know exactly what it’s like trying to get a job. I know exactly what it’s like having bloody one tin of Ambrosia left in the cupboard. But I know I can survive. – Imelda May
‘Bloodshot,’ for me, was unlike anything I’d ever done before, which was really the draw of it. In addition to trying to reconnect with my earlier work, I also wanted to try to do something that was completely new and different. – Jeff Lemire
Well, I’m not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today’s economy. – Jim DeMint
I’m not really much of an actor, so when I started on ‘The Daily Show,’ I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself. – John Oliver
Nothing me and Kanye can do musically was gonna match the event of what we were trying to do. So we were trying to deliver an album and experience at one time; that was the idea for ‘Watch The Throne’. – Jay-Z
Consumerism is so weird. It’s a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You’d think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on. – J. G. Ballard
Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you’re not called to do it, you’re dividing the audience you’re trying to reach. – Joel Osteen
Washington agencies are now trying a backdoor approach to regulate our climate by abusing existing laws. – John Barrasso
It doesn’t really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I’m not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label’s absolute biggest downfall. – Joe Nichols
I want to see overwhelming force repel anybody who is trying to get into the White House. – Jason Chaffetz
In the 1960s and into the ’70s, everyone in their own way was trying to open up the musical horizon. There shouldn’t be a wall that you’re going toward and bouncing off. – Jimmy Page
I’m just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like. – Jon Scieszka
Generally I find that kids ask better questions than you get with adults. Something that kids will do a lot is, they’re so nervous, and they’re not really paying attention, so they’ll ask the same question someone just asked. And you’re trying to be nice and not embarrass them any more than they are already. – James Patterson
It’s into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you’re trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it’s not so much a symbol of the thing, but you’re trying to do the thing itself. – Jim Henson
I’m not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I’ve gone back and forth with fine-tuning the kind of conditioning I’m doing. Sometimes trying to shed weight and getting leaner and sometimes trying to pack on a little more muscle. – J. K. Simmons
