“I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and not letting anyone tell me that I couldn't do something. I always try to encourage people to just pursue your dreams.” PeopleTryingHardDreamKidsAblePoorStreetsAchieveHard WorkPursueYour DreamsPursue Your Dreams Author:Dave Bautista
“For years I've been interested in a fundamental question concerning what I call the psychology of evil: Why is it that good people do evil deeds? I've been interested in that question since I was a little kid. Growing up in the ghetto in the South Bronx, I had lots of friends who I thought were good kids, but for one reason or another they ended up in serious trouble. They went to jail, they took drugs, or they did terrible things to other people. My whole upbringing was focused on trying to understand what could have made them go wrong.” PeopleTryingYearsLittlesMadeReasonWholeKidsEvilGrowing UpPsychologyGrowingTroubleSeriousTerribleDrugFundamentalsSouthDeedsFocusedJailGood PeopleLittle KidTerrible ThingsUpbringingGhettoLots Of FriendsBronxKids Growing Up Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think that it is more worthwhile to stick with a story and revise it and try to finish it than abandon ship. Revisions, for any writer, are the name of the game.” ThinkingTryingIdeasDifferentStoriesKidsGamesNamesSticksShipsAbandonWorthwhileFrustratedRevision Author:Gail Carson Levine
“The idea of it was I was thinking about how when you're a kid you get this unconditional love and you spend the rest of your life trying to find that, but you can't because everyone's in it for their own thing. It's kind of cynical.” ThinkingTryingKindIdeasKidsUnconditional LoveCynicalCynicismUnconditionalRest Of Your LifeCynic Author:Sam Endicott
“A new report says ISIS is trying to recruit professionals like doctors, engineers, and accountants. Sorry, kids, even ISIS says they're not hiring liberal arts majors.” TryingArtKidsMajorsDoctorsSorryReportsEngineersIsisHiringAccountantsRecruitLiberal Arts Author:Conan O'Brien
“I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult.” TryingFirstsKidsInspiringAdultsYankeesNew York YankeesAutographsSigning Autographs Author:Derek Jeter
“I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.” TryingHumansI CanKidsJobsPerfectMistakeFineBeing The BestMaking MistakesNot PerfectI Make MistakesI'm Not PerfectTrying To Be Perfect Author:Selena Gomez
“I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.” WayGivingTryingHomeKidsPresidentShotsRevolutionaryBack Home Author:F. Murray Abraham
“While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.” TryingI CanMomentsCharacterKidsChallengesActingStyleRelate Author:Kyra Sedgwick
“When I sent out a casual and nonscientific poll of my own to a wide cast of acquaintances, friends and colleagues, I was surprised, but not really, to learn that maybe 60 percent claimed a belief in a God of some sort, including people I would have bet were unregenerate skeptics. Others just shrugged. They don't think about this stuff. It doesn't matter to them. They can't know, they won't beat themselves up trying to know and for that matter they don't care if their kids believe or not.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingBelieveMatterCareKidsBeliefStuffMy OwnAtheismBeatsPercentIncludingCastsDon't CarePositive AtheismWideColleaguesPollsAcquaintanceCasualSkeptic Author:Natalie Angier
“Trying to tart the rock business up a bit is getting nearer to what the kids themselves are like, because what I find, if you want to talk in the terms of rock, a lot depends on sensationalism and the kids are a lot more sensational than the stars themselves.” IfsWantTryingKidsStarsBitsTermRocksDependsSensationalTartsSensationalism Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview
“The idea of my kids being spoiled, I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about. I'm trying to do the right thing. With the amount of money I have, it's difficult to raise children the way I was raised. But I took away the west and north wing of the house for those guys. So, they're not allowed in there.” ThinkingWayTryingChildrenIdeasKidsGuyHouseDifficultSleepAmountWake UpRaisesWingsWestRaisedRight ThingGoing To SleepSpoiledBeing Spoiled Author:Adam Sandler
“The challenges that I face today are the same challenges we all face. Trying to balance your life between work, family, loved ones, your husband, your wife - boyfriend or girlfriend. If you have kids - balancing that, balancing your work with the time you spend with your kids. The idea of wanting to be a good parent and then the motivation to be a great parent. Whether you're black, white, any color. Rich, poor, regardless of religion, cousins of culture, we go through those. We have the same challenges.” IfsTryingIdeasKidsTodayFacesMotivationCultureParentBlackChallengesWhitePoorRichWifeColorBalanceHusbandGirlfriendLoved OnesCousinFamily LoveYour HusbandBlack WhiteGood ParentRich PoorGreat ParentsWork Family Author:Dwayne Johnson
“When I was a kid, I was playing in various bands - amateur bands, garage bands, weekend bands, you name it, around the area. At some point, I just wanted to try the whole 'Beatle tribute band' thing, so I found a local band that was doing that.” TryingWholeKidsWantedFoundNamesBandAreasVariousLocalsWeekendTributeGarage Author:Steve Landes
“Pretty much I want to be Steve Wozniak, who I decided I was at a young age and not change. I want to go back to school and get my college degree like I would have without Apple. I want to teach young kids like I would have without Apple. And part of it is I'm accessible. I'm open. And so many people e-mail me and get me. And as much as I can I try to answer people, listen to them, be polite and say yes.” PeopleWantTryingI CanKidsAgeSchoolYoungAnswersTeachCollegeDegreesDecidedApplesMailPoliteYoung AgeCollege Degree Author:Steve Wozniak
“I was used to being disliked as a kid. Not that I didn't deserve it: I was a pretty sad and unappealing creature, and still am, I guess. It's sort of simplistic to think that one tries to make stuff that accounts for one's repulsiveness as a person, but there's some truth to it. So, when I read something unfavorable, I always take it deeply personally. It's as if my efforts have been in vain, and I should just quit.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensStillsKidsUsedStuffEffortCreaturesDeserveAccountsQuittingVain Author:Chris Ware
“You guys (Boko Haram) are trying so hard to convince everybody that you're such badasses. But all you've done with this kidnapping is highlight who the real badasses are, the kids you kidnapped. Compared to a teenager who knows that her desire for an education could get her dragged into a snake infested jungle to be sold as a bribe to some demented, stick-chewing cartoon villain but still gets up and goes to class everyday, fully aware of that danger - compared to their courage - I'd say Boko Haram is a bunch of little girls. But, you know what? You don't deserve that compliment.” KnowsTryingLittlesStillsRealHardDoneKidsDesireGuyGirlClassDangerDeserveSticksEverydayBunchGet UpTeenagerConvinceComplimentVillainCartoonSnakesJungleBadassHighlightsBribeKidnappingChewingKidnappedDementedTrying So HardBoko HaramHaram Author:Jon Stewart
“What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find, and read what they're trying to keep out of your eyes. Read what they're trying to keep out of your brains. Because that's exactly what you need to know.” KnowsNeedsTryingFirstsEyeKidsWalksBrainMadLibraryCensorship Author:Stephen King
“I don't understand people who go to amusement parks. I spend most of my time trying NOT to be nauseous. 'Excuse me, could you strap me in upside down? I'd like to be as sick as humanly possible. I feel great today, I think I'll go down to Funland and snap my neck on the back of a ride. Honey, let's bring the kids, I want to give them a spinal cord injury for Christmas.'” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsTryingKidsTodaySickExcuseMy TimeParksNecksInjuryHoneyAmusementSnapsUpside DownCordsExcuse MeAmusement ParksSpinal CordSpinal Cord Injuries Author:Dom Irrera
“I think a lot of high-profile artists like to make people think that. Oh, Im trying to choose my next project. This is a job. Sometimes your next job is so you can provide for your family; your kids are 16 and getting ready to go to college.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesKidsJobsArtistNextCollegeReadyProjectsOur FamilyProfileHigh Profile Author:Michael Cudlitz
“Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.” PeopleTryingIdeasKidsTogetherOpportunityParentOffersCopiesCarbonAuntLove Each OtherChimes Author:Sara Sheridan
“I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world - you know, a kid sister of the “real comedians”. I like the idea of positioning myself as legendary rather than trying to fit in. Now do I see myself like that every day? No, but I think it's a funny attitude and maybe on some weird, spiritual level, maybe it's a good attitude.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsTryingIdeasRealKidsSpiritualLevelsAttitudeComedyFitComedianGuestsLegendaryGood AttitudeTrying To Fit In Author:Chelsea Peretti
“I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but you try to understand them and you're in big trouble.” WantTryingBelieveBigsKidsUnderstandingCompassionTroubleCarKeysCar Keys Book:If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Source: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
“I used to have this notion when I was a kid that the minute you said anything, it was no longer true. Of course it would have driven me crazy very rapidly if I hadn't dropped it, but there's something similar in what I'm trying to say. That once it's been done, you want to go someplace else. There's just some sense of straining.” IfsWantTryingSaidDoneKidsUsedCoursesCrazyMinutesNotionPhotographerDriven Author:Diane Arbus
“I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentRealWholeHomeKidsTogetherSpiritualThreeChurchTalkingWorryWifeProduceMomDadCrisisMy WifeHopefullyGuaranteesPretendingBeing RealContributingGuarantees ThatMom And DadHopefully Not Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.” IfsGivingTryingDoeSelfReasonKidsGamesGrowsParentResponsibilityGrowing UpFailingProduceHealthyAdultsSelf ConfidenceFixedDependent Author:Simon Sinek
“[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to not be the one trying to make other people laugh. I'm happy laughing at someone else. I enjoy laughing and I'll happily be the one just laughing all night if you can make me laugh.” PeopleIfsTryingStillsKidsNightEnjoyLaughingAll NightMaking People LaughMake Me LaughFunny People Author:Ricky Gervais
“As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find it interesting to live in a country where your government is allowed to kill, whether it's war or execution. What interests me is not who deserves to die but who deserves to kill.” WayTryingKindWarCountryProblemGovernmentKidsMotherDiesInterestInterestingViolenceDeserveRaisesSolveCodeExecutionHonorableDeath Penalty Author:Susan Sarandon
“We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that I know I can speak passionately about because whether I'm in the White House as First Lady, as long as I have kids and I'm trying to have a life, I'm gonna be trying to make this balance work...” KnowsTryingFirstsLongI CanKidsHouseSpeakWhiteQualityPolicyDesignBalanceImpactMeaningfulWhite HouseQuality Of LifeFirst Lady Author:Michelle Obama
“When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansHelpingCareKidsMy OwnHuman BeingsCompanyMillionsCenturyCitizensSixHundredAdultsDollarsBillionsHelping OthersObligationSmokeSmokingI CareConvincingMillion DollarsTobacco Author:Michael Bloomberg
“There are many people writing songs. That is absolutely wonderful. Who knows, there may be some kid in diapers and he or she might succeed in capturing in a few dozen words what great writers have spent years trying to say. Just the right word in the right place with the right melody behind it and the right rhythm. It might get around the world inch by inch, and people realize that this world is in danger, that we're in danger. That's the way "This Land Is Your Land" got to be so well known.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWritingTryingYearsWellsMayMightKidsSongRealizingBehindsKnownWonderfulLandDangerThis WorldSucceedRhythmAround The WorldMelodyDozenInchesWell KnownRight PlaceWriting SongsGreat WritersRight WordsDiapers Author:Pete Seeger
“Privately I think that I'm not really somebody who has a network television show. Celebrities are other people - Johnny Carson and Sylvester Stallone. I'm just a kid trying to make a living is the way I feel.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingShowsKidsTelevisionTelevision Shows Author:David Letterman
“We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.” WayNeedsTryingChildrenSelfHelpingKidsWingsButterflyFeedingCaterpillarsPositive SelfPositive Self Image Author:Louise Hart
“My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.” KnowsTryingWellsEndsKidsConservativeStrict Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.” PeopleTryingChildrenLittlesMadeFeelingsBigsKidsRememberLaughingHeardFansLaughterJealousMaking People LaughCarols Author:Leah Remini
“The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.” TryingLittlesKidsLife IsEvilSidesPerfectTeachComplicatedGood And EvilHappy EndingsFairytale Author:Angelina Jolie
“I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.” TryingLittlesTwoKidsThreeEasyFineDadManageSelflessViewpointsGreat Dad Author:Kimora Lee Simmons
“My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.” TryingSaidImportantKidsFightingRealizingMomImportant ThingsCourtMy Mom Author:Gillian Jacobs
“It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city goes back and forth trying to figure out what programs to cut and what they have funding for. What I would love to see is for the city to step up and run the rink 10 months out of the year so kids can play in the summer and we can have camps here in Glenwood.” TryingYearsPlayRunningKidsGamesCitiesStepsCuttingFiguresMonthsSummerProgramChessHaving FunCampsFundingBack And ForthStep Up Author:Bill Vaughan
“Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.” ShouldTryingChildrenKidsWantedOpportunityGivenShapesAthlete Author:Joan Cusack
“I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.” WayWantTryingKidsMomActresses Author:Julianne Nicholson
“When Ive ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great time. I try to make eye contact with the person. If you catch a ton and a kid nearby hasnt caught much, share.” IfsTryingPersonsEyeKidsShareCaughtContactElderlyGreat TimesParadesEye Contact Author:Bryan Batt
“I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.” PeopleWorldTryingLittlesSometimesHardHelpingUseKidsDifferencesSignificantManageVolunteerVolunteer Work Author:John Shirley
“Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don't give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should experience anything they don't need to, if they don't need poetry bully for them. I like the movies too. And after all, only Whitman and Crane and Williams, of the American poets, are better than the movies.” IfsNeedsGivingShouldTryingKidsMotherToo MuchMiddleTearsPoetDamnMeatFeedingBullyPotatoesMiddle AgedDrippingDon't Give A DamnCranesI Don't Give A DamnThinnessMeat And Potatoes Author:Frank O'Hara
“With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black.” PeopleWayWantTryingYearsPlayKidsBlackWhiteRedYears AgoTricksRealisingDressingsStripesBlack MusicWhite Stripes Author:Jack White
“As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.” ThinkingWorldTryingPlayDreamKidsWatchesPlayerFootballFootballerBrazilPlaygroundsFootball Player Author:Gareth Bale