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Trying
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
世界上大多数重要的事情都是由那些在似乎没有任何希望的时候继续努力的人完成的。
I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.
我没有试图去克服我的父亲，或者取代他的位置，或者达到他曾经达到的任何水平。我们在谈论莫扎特的摇滚乐。
Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
就像沙子和牡蛎一样，它是一种创造性的刺激物。在每首诗中，我都试图揭示一个事实，所以它不可能有一个虚构的开头。
Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.
大多数时候，人们在电视上的目标都很低。他们正试图达到这个共识，尤其是在网络电视上。
I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.
我完全被简单的想法吸引住了，或者至少去掉了那些当我想要得到一个想法时看起来不必要的东西。
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind
总是试图保持身体健康的问题在于，在不破坏精神健康的情况下，很难做到这一点
I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
我对争取一个职位没有意见。我可以打败任何人。这是一项运动，一项比赛，所以我已经习惯了。
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
我想我要做的是创造一些被认可的时刻。试图引爆某种感觉或对生活经历的理解。
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.
我们为什么要在舞台上改变?我们并不是想要做什么大事，只是我们自己，做我们所做的，我们想要保持这种状态。
Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.
“推信封”的意思是你和其他人都在信封里，你试图找到外面的边缘。
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
如果你在处理一个音乐剧，你想要讲一个故事，它必须听起来像演讲。同时它必须是一首歌。
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
试图通过阅读报纸来确定世界上正在发生什么，就像试图通过看钟表的秒针来报时一样。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I'm trying my hardest to get you so wrapped up in me you never leave.
我在尽我最大的努力让你如此专注于我，你永远不会离开。
We've been trying to get on the ship for a month.
我们试着上船已经一个月了。
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
如果你倾听大自然，所有的声音都是自信地发出来的。我正试着这么做。
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
我明白了衡量成功的标准不是看一个人在生活中所处的地位，而是看他在努力成功的过程中所克服的障碍。
I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private.
恐怕我还在努力寻找平衡。尤其是现在每个人都想了解我。我发现我必须变得越来越孤僻，在公开场合和私下场合都要挑三拣四。