Always Trying Quotes - Page 6

• My hair dries straight naturally, so I'm always trying to find anything to give it volume or give it a little bit of bounce.

  Laura Enever

  Hair, Giving, Littles

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I think we're always trying to push ourselves to do new things.

  Jaime Preciado

  Thinking, Trying, New Things

  Source: www.popmatters.com

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• I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

  Patton Oswalt

  Writing, Stuff, Trying

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• wanted to highlight that to a certain extent and go deeper into that direction. I also try to write each song in a different key, so I can be as diverse as I can. I'm always trying to push the envelope and not be complacent or happy in one spot. As far as the grooves on this record are concerned, I think we just tried to experiment in that realm.

  Jason C. Miller

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that.

  Dean Koontz

  Voice, Havens, Publishers

  "The Rumpus Interview With Dean Koontz". Interview with Ben Pfeiffer, therumpus.net. December 21, 2015.

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• Whether it is gun control lobby, health care lobby, or abortion, pro-choice lobby, whatever it is, people are always trying to say that it is about restricting rights and they are never really prepared to talk about what the honest tradeoffs are. One of the things we need to do a better job of is actually painting those tradeoffs.

  Ian Bremmer

  Jobs, Gun, Rights

  Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. February 25, 2013.

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• Sometimes the messages I put out are somewhat of that [street] nature, but the thing is, that's not the person, it's just like an actor or something. It's just like when Wesley Snipes is not [the character he played in] 'New Jack City,' but a lot of people get it twisted. They think, 'That's that guy. That's that dude. That's how he roll.' But man, that's definitely not how I roll. I believe in God. I'm a Christian... People always trying to stereotype people because of their job.

  Project Pat

  Christian, Jobs, Believe

  "Project Pat Out Of Prison, 'Taking It One Day At A Time'" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. August 3, 2005.

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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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• 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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• 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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• I think a lot of the production process is always giving yourself, like what I call like escape routes, like, if this scene doesn't play, if we realize we've had too many dirty scenes in a row, and it's like, because you don't have the luxury when you're in the middle of shooting, to see how these scenes play all in a row, kind of, you know what I mean. So, like we're always trying to like have insurance policies on, ok, if that doesn't work, we can just jump to this thing.

  Etan Cohen

  Dirty, Mean, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.

  Emily Lazar

  College, Mentor, Groups

  Source: www.elle.com

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• As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own personal biography and affiliations with the demands of the broader democracy. And you need to make sure you are representing everybody.

  Barack Obama

  Community, African American, Democracy

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• I'm sort of always trying to reinvent and recreate a better way of being, because, you know, democracy has been "the worst of all political systems except for all the rest." So I think we have a lot of room to grow and be a better society, and it's a constant battle. It's an exciting opportunity to be active.

  Adrian Grenier

  Thinking, Opportunity, Democracies Have

  "Adrian Grenier: Producer and Entourage Actor Talks About the Lonely Whale". Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If you look at the way society is structured , it is structured to keep people overwhelmingly in a state of fear and always trying to survive, in terms of physically, in terms of terror, in terms of financially, the credit crunch, rising food prices; all this is survive, survive, survive.

  David Icke

  People, Looks, Rising

  "Global Conspiracy Goes Mainstream: A Conversation With British Author David Icke". Interview with Bret Lauder, lotusguide.com. May 23, 2012.

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• The world is imperfect, and young people are always trying to perfect it and they always fail - which is a good thing. Who'd want to live in a perfect world?

  Carl Andre

  People, Perfect, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• No special suits for game days. I like to keep all my favorites in the mix. I'm always trying to look my best, even when I'm just visiting a city for eight hours and then getting back on a plane again.

  Henrik Lundqvist

  Eight, Games, Cities

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Thinking, Appearance, Surface

  "Sculptor Turns Rain, Ice And Trees Into 'Ephemeral Works'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 8, 2015.

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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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• 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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• 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 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'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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• 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 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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