Always Trying Quotes - Page 11

• When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.

  Daria Werbowy

  Brother, Kids, Boys

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think we're always trying to avoid tropes. And I think that "Game of Thrones" has almost made killing people a cliche. For us, it wasn't about that. For six episodes, it's hard to invest in people, and I think when you kill a main character on television it really needs to mean something. So we certainly had talked about that, and I think we managed to juggle the ball to make a gripping, interesting and compelling finale. We feel that we didn't have to go there at this point because we had such few episodes.

  Miles Millar

  Character, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• In essay writing, I'm trying to push the form of expository writing. I'm trying to remember, trying to reckon, trying to find connections with the world, the nation and me, but I'm always trying to push the form, too, without being too obvious that I'm trying to push the form.

  Kiese Laymon

  Writing, Connections, World

  Source: therumpus.net

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• As you get older you don't want to just do the same thing, otherwise there's not much point. I think it's more or less trying to write things that, perhaps, say more by doing
  less, or you're always trying to refine things, make things a little simpler, a little more essential.

  Colin Hay

  Writing, Thinking, Essentials

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• I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

  Heidi Julavits

  People, Earth, Want

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Heidi Julavits". Interview with Angela Stubbs, therumpus.net. October 14, 2012.

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• I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think what a waste of energy. If people want to believe in this god, or that god, that's fine by me, believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

  Conor McGregor

  Atheist, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. That's important to me, in any work I do.

  Aneurin Barnard

  Character, Keys, Important

  Source: collider.com

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• By the care she lavishes on her toilet, by the concern she has for her beauty set off by her adornment, a woman regards herself as an object always trying to attract men's attention.

  Georges Bataille

  Men, Attention, Her Beauty

  Georges Bataille (1962). “Erotism”, p.131, City Lights Books

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• He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.

  Richard Pryor

  Trying, Always Smile

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• I was always trying to take art photographs, but the most interesting pictures were the snapshots. The artsy pictures were boring, always.

  Janet Malcolm

  Art, Interesting, Snapshots

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• As an artist, you're always trying to reach a new height, do something new, try something you haven't done before, and push your boundaries.

  Eric Balfour

  Artist, Done, Height

  Source: collider.com

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• If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger than you - connected with serving others - then it is hard to be guilty.

  Cornel West

  Causes, Serving Others, Guilty

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• People are always trying to find the next groovy thing, and it hasn't gone back to painting... I'd like it to go back to painting. I'm sick of all this photography and video. There's so much of it, it's almost annoying.

  Cindy Sherman

  Photography, People, Sick

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• My focus is on always trying to treat the inevitable highs and lows of life with the same blissful, calm energy.

  Kordell Stewart

  Focus, Energy, Calm

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• I am always trying to eat the right kind of foods that are going to keep me healthy.

  Eartha Kitt

  Healthy, Trying, Kind

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• I just passed on some a script that I was sent, because I said, "I haven't yet played the person staying home, the one that says, 'Good luck, honey,' or whatever." And so that's what I look for. Therefore, by virtue of that exclusion, I'm always trying to find roles that are challenging.

  Geena Davis

  Home, Good Luck, Challenges

  "Twenty-Five Years After 'Thelma & Louise,' Geena Davis Says She Wanted Susan Sarandon's Role". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 17, 2016.

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• I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special and we are always trying to find a balance.

  Celeste Ng

  Thinking, People, Special

  "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.

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• My thing was always trying to do as much as I possibly could do. I wanted to do all the things the other kids did in the neighborhood.

  Stevie Wonder

  Kids, Neighborhood, Wanted

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I'm so bad at lyrics. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes, the song can restrict your lyrics - if you're trying to make a poppy song, you don't want to sing something that sounds like it could be on an At the Drive-In song.

  Chaz Bundick

  Song, Get Better, Sound

  "Toro Y Moi". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 18, 2013.

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• Generally, you're always shooting in the dark with Beyonce. She's just creative and eclectic and up on always trying to be ahead of the game. That was the moment of me trying to figure out how I wanted to give her another moment.

  Bryce Wilson

  Dark, Games, Giving

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather be there than relying on a style that people recognize and want to follow.

  Michael Gira

  People, Style, Want

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Kids, Men, Winning

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am always trying to do something new and different. The first step is curiosity, questions. You pay attention to what fascinates you. If you can't shake it, there is something there.

  Dana Spiotta

  Curiosity, Firsts, Steps

  "Dana Spiotta’s Age of Innocence". Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

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• I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever.

  Carrie Brownstein

  Jobs, People, Parent

  "Carrie Brownstein Talks Sleater-Kinney, Acting, Writing, and More". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. March 25, 2010.

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• You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not worth doing.

  Hamilton Leithauser

  Inspiration, Stuff, Exciting

  "The Walkmen". Interview With Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. November 25, 2008.

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