“There is a parallel between the twos and the tens. Tens are trying to test their abilities again, sizing up and experimenting to discover how to fit in. They don't mean everything they do and say. They are just testing. . . . Take a good deal of your daughter's behavior with a grain of salt. Try to handle the really outrageous as matter-of-factly as you would a mistake in grammar or spelling.” TryingMeanMatterAbilityDealsMistakeFitBehaviorDaughterTestsHandleSaltGrainTestingGrammarParallelsOutrageousSpellingYour DaughterGrain Of Salt Author:Stella Chess
“When you go to make a purchase, take a look at the product and ask yourself: 'am I being cheated?' If a product from a 'fast fashion' chain is falling apart before you've even bought it, it's not a deal. It's the fast-fashion company trying to get you to buy something that is quick on trend but slow on quality.” IfsTryingLooksFallAsksDealsQualityCompanyFashionProductsChainsTrendsFalling ApartCheated Author:Maxine
“The aim of New Deals is to exterminate the class of creditors and thrust all men into that of debtors. It is like trying to breedcattle with all cows and no bulls.” MenTryingDealsClassAimCowsBullsThrustCreditorsNew DealDebtors Author:H. L. Mencken
“Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal with those others from a position of inferiority or helplessness. Teacher, doctors, social workers, or television producers possess more status than most parents.... As a result, the parent today isa maestro trying to conduct an orchestra of players who have never met and who play from a multitude of different scores, each in a notation the conductor cannot read.” TryingChildrenLittlesDifferentPlayTodaySocialParentResultsDealsTeacherPlayerSharePositionTelevisionMetsAuthorityTasksDoctorsWorkersContraryProducersScoreMultitudesOrchestraHelplessnessInferiorityConductorSocial WorkerMaestro Author:Kenneth Keniston
“It's just one of those deals where I have to keep moving and keep looking. It's a lot about timing and a lot about boat-positioning, and I'm just trying to get fish to react to several different baits.” TryingDifferentMovingDealsFishesBoatJust OneTimingKeep MovingBait Author:Kevin VanDam
“We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.” WorldTryingCharacterStoriesEyeDealsEventsHeroAffectionVillain Author:George R. R. Martin
“I'm far from perfect but I have managed to earn a good deal of respect by trying to implement the kinds of things you learn about.” TryingKindPerfectDeals Author:Mark Martin
“I deal in a very artistic way of what interests me and marks my passion, and I try to - whether its good or not - am in love with acting and the stage and characters and the ability to reach and to touch people, so that's where, I guess, that's where my heart will reside, by and large.” PeopleWayTryingHeartCharacterPassionInterestAbilityDealsActingStageMy HeartMarkArtisticMy Passion Author:Angela Bassett
“I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindLongRealityDealsDyingTvsRaisesBarsProgrammingThis DayReality TvRaising The Bar Author:Kevin Costner
“Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very therapeutic, but that's best done in your journal, or on your blog if you're an exhibitionist. Trying to put a bunch of *specific* stuff from your personal life into your story usually just isn't appropriate unless you're writing a memoir or a personal essay or something of the sort.” IfsWayWritingTryingDoneStoriesStuffDifficultDealsIssuesEmotionalTruth IsBunchMemoirAppropriateJournalPersonal LifeEssaysBlogsTherapeuticPersonal EssaysExhibitionist Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I don't believe in "writer's block". I try and deal with getting stuck by having more than one thing to work on at a time. And by knowing that even a hundred bad words that didn't exist before is forward progress.” TryingBelieveDealsKnowingProgressOne ThingHundredDon't BelieveStuckBlockWriter's BlockBad WordForward Progress Author:Neil Gaiman
“I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try to find the things that everyday people deal with in their everyday lives and situations in the songs that I sing.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesCountrySongBitsDealsSituationRocksLittle BitMusic IsEverydayEveryday LifeFlair Author:Jason Aldean
“I try and keep an open mind to peoples paths. The only thing that annoys me is negative poopy people and they come from all kinds of places. But I rarely have to deal with negative reactions.” PeopleTryingMindKindDealsPathNegativeReactionsAll KindsAnnoyingOpen MindKeep An Open MindNegative Reactions Author:Holly Golightly
“I tried to find a language for the film - not just telling stories. I picked the Picasso painting because it said more than I could explain. I need images, I need representation which deals in other means than reality. We have to use reality but get out of it. That's what I try to do all the time.” NeedsTryingMeanSaidStoriesUseRealityFilmLanguageDealsPaintingRepresentationTelling Stories Author:Agnes Varda
“It became sort of a snowball effect, with guys trying to deal in their own way with 9/11, whether it was drinking or whatever.” WayTryingHumorFunnyGuyDealsEffectsDrinkingSnowballSnowball Effect Author:Denis Leary
“Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.” TryingImportantBigsDealsConnectionsDevelopingBig DealPersonal Connection Author:Sam Altman
“I think all cinematographers, at least most of them, would love to do everything on location because you cannot cheat on location. It's there, it's part of the story usually. You have to deal with the elements. You have the sunshine, you have rain, you have fog - it really makes you work harder to try to match things during the day to make it look like it was shot within five minutes, movie time.” ThinkingTryingLooksStoriesDealsFiveMinutesHard WorkElementsShotsRainHarderSunshineCheatLocationFogFive MinutesWork HarderCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I'm such an awful faker. Everything that comes out of my mouth needs to be the real deal. Not that I ever try to be deceiving, but sometimes it takes a while to find your voice and find what you want to say.” WantNeedsTryingRealSometimesVoiceDealsMouthsWhat You WantAwfulDeceiving Author:Steve Grand
“Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that you like, characters that you're interested in, moments you want to explore, themes you want to deal with, music that you want to put in. It's a pastiche of all these things that deal with how you see the world. You're just trying to make a love letter, a gift.” WorldWantTryingMomentsCharacterFilmActorsStuffDealsLettersThemeCollectingYour FavoriteLove LetterMixtapesPastiche Author:Derek Cianfrance
“It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this.” TryingGovernmentPresidentDealsEffortSituationShameEmbraceDebtSpendingOperationsCeilingsDebt Ceiling Author:Mitch McConnell
“Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.” TryingYearsHas BeensProblemRunningDifficultCommunityDealsStruggleIssuesViolenceGenerationsSuicideMedicalStolenPreventionAboriginalFamily RelationshipHealth ServicesMedical Problems Author:Malcolm Fraser
“I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsWritingTryingBookSometimesStoriesFormYoungEnjoyPleasureDealsEmotionLaughingIssuesRichMysteryStyleAdventureReaderAdultsComplexesSatisfactionSuspenseNarrativeIronyRelyContradictionResolveEngagementSheerImageryAmbiguityTextureGood StoryThrillersGood Reads Author:Avi
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingFeelingsRealityPainEvilLove IsDealsDangerousTaughtRadioBullshitDisturbingGreat LoveLove PainLove And PainPain In LifeLove Is PainFeeling PainHiding PainPainful Feelings Author:Jim Morrison
“Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every aspect of it.” TryingFilmDealsAreasAspectArenaConfined Author:Robert Altman
“I don't think I've got enough energy to be competitive! Most of my energy is just devoted to me being nervous and trying to deal with the situation.” ThinkingTryingEnoughEnergyDealsSituationNervousDevoted Author:Max Irons
“Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsI CanSeemsTermDealsAcceptingWillingCircumstancesEasierMy WayThrownAccepting Things Author:Matt Dillon
“Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately trying to control their environment the way their lives are. And ultimately their scapegoats aren't going to make them feel better, it's just going to increase hatred and the problem gets worse and worse.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingProblemPainDealsEnvironmentRacismToolsHatredIncreaseDenialFrustrationFeel BetterScapegoat Author:Matt Dillon
“I enjoy trying to figure out a way to deal with machines - they become like little buddies or something. It's almost the same way you might develop a relationship with a dog - maybe that's weird to say - but there becomes an understanding you reach after a while.” WayTryingLittlesMightEnjoyUnderstandingDealsDogFiguresMachinesBuddyUnderstanding You Author:Panda Bear
“God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.” TryingLittlesGivenPoorDealsPovertyLaysRefuseStoresPosterity Book:Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.” TryingGovernmentDealsEmpoweredRise Above Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.” NeedsTryingMomentsDealsConsiderationCourageousDecisive Moments Author:Angela Merkel
“One of the top challenges is the fact that you are dealing with survivors. Every time you deal with a documentary film subject it is fraught with obvious minefields but when you are dealing with a population that is severely traumatized and trying to recover from that trauma there is an extra level of vigilance and care and attention that has to be implemented all the time at every level.” TryingFactsCareFilmChallengesLevelsDealsAttentionSubjectsPopulationObviousTraumaExtrasSurvivorDocumentariesVigilanceMinefieldsDocumentary Films Author:Amy Ziering
“George Clooney is trying his own way but he's struggling too because he has to deal with America. Yet, if he has a foot in Europe, it's not for nothing.” IfsWayTryingAmericaDealsStruggleFeetEurope Author:Juliette Binoche
“Independent film is such a huge deal in the UK. There aren't many big budget studio movies that get greenlit at all. The indie film industy is a great opportunity that I'm trying to seize.” TryingBigsFilmOpportunityDealsHugeIndependentStudiosBudgetsGreat OpportunityIndependent FilmIndie Films Author:Aml Ameen
“Unfortunately, every time the United States has tried to pursue a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians by beating back Iran and trying to isolate Iran, it has failed. And it has failed under much better circumstances.” TryingStatesUnitedDealsUnited StatesCircumstancesPursueIranPalestinian Author:Trita Parsi
“If you're an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it's hard to get a distribution deal because no one wants to sign a deal with one entity. They want to sign distribution deals with labels, who have lots of product, lots of artists.” IfsWantTryingHardArtistDealsRecordsProductsLabelsEntityDistribution Author:Aimee Mann