“I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.” ThinkingWantTryingStillsSometimesStuffEatingCarefulBe CarefulAlways TryingBurgers Author:Camilla Luddington
“I live in LA so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent, so I can deal with that.” WantTryingYearsHomeKidsSchoolThreeSpeakWorryFourConnectedBritishBritainComing HomeGet BackAccents Author:Kevin McKidd
“I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.” WantTryingReasonStoriesToo MuchDirectorsPressureSanity Author:Rachel McAdams
“I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.” PeopleWantTryingSaidPlayWinningPlayerGolfTournamentsRivalryGood GolfGolf Tournaments Author:Rory McIlroy
“In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.” ThinkingWayWantTryingActivityStudiosDrawingEfficientSculptureCastingRepetitivePlasters Author:Bruce Nauman
“I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.” WantTryingArtI CanGrowsSidesCan DoFameRefuseGood WorkAspire Author:Connie Nielsen
“As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.” WantWritingTryingI CanSongCompanyHonorSingers Author:David Nail
“That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.” ThinkingWantTryingCountryNextSpaceLevelsBoundariesJohnsonNasaNext Level Author:Ellen Ochoa
“The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh. I think there's an element of that in there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsSchoolLaughingElementsHarderCuteRelyShyHanging OutMaking People Laugh Author:Kaitlin Olson
“It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?” IfsKnowsWantTryingStoriesBigsOpportunityGivenBornDealsBabyUglyPilots Author:Timothy Olyphant
“They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score.” WantTryingLittlesEducationCollegeGainsScoreLittle KnowledgeOff To College Author:Jimmy Buffett
“But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.” IfsWantTryingDoneAsksProveWant Me Author:Abbey Lincoln
“My career divides in two: before and after 9/11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.” IfsWantNeedsTryingFirstsTwoShowsSeemsPoliticalCareersRolesConcernIslamObviousDividesRelevantBefore And After Author:Daniel Pipes
“I'm always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi.” IfsWantTryingYearsFindingsEatingTrendsPizzaSushi Author:Jean Pigozzi
“I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.” ThinkingWantTryingBookTerritoryHeartbreaking Author:Richard Russo
“I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.” ThinkingWantTryingMadeDoneChanceEmbarrassedTormentAnother Chance Author:Sam Raimi
“I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!” WantTryingDifferentBodyTypeWeightApplesPearsBody Types Author:Octavia Spencer
“I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.” WantTryingKindMomentsEnergyCrazyLike YouMomAmountRidiculousDrivingGymnasticsDrive Me Crazy Author:Alicia Sacramone
“Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.” PeopleWantTryingSometimesTurnsAchieveWhat You WantTwistsPoisonousDetrimental Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.” WantTryingKindJazzFusionGeneric Author:Andy Summers
“What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone's ringing a lot more and I've got nine lines so when it doesn't ring, it's very frustrating.” WantTryingProblemNextLinesPhonesRingsNineGood WorkFrustrating Author:Bob Saget
“I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.” PeopleWantTryingPersonsRealHelpingUseHandsPovertyRacismAccountsAngryAidsShouldersReal Person Author:Jamie Foxx
“I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it's harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingTryingShowsSpeakLove IsHarderCelebrateThese DaysMuch Love Author:Emeli Sande
“Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?” KnowsWantTryingShowsHomeActorsLeftTalkingWeekCrewPerfectionistHanging AroundLeft HandedFussy Author:Eric Stoltz
“I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsFeelsTryingMatterAbleGuyPlayerResponseStriveCoachesKnow It All Author:Gordon Strachan
“Naturally, along the way, there are beings and forces that will challenge you. They want to try and get some of your power, take it away from you, all this nonsense, and of course, you just defeat them.” WayWantTryingCoursesForceChallengesDefeatNonsenseAway From You Author:Frederick Lenz
“When the answer doesn't come, it's not supposed to come yet. Don't make eternity try and conform to what you want. That's desire. desire leads to frustration.” WantTryingWisdomDesireAnswersBuddhismEternityWhat You WantFrustrationConform Author:Frederick Lenz
“People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.” PeopleWantTryingLooksIdeasSoundWatchesLaughingEventsTvsSittingTablesFolksCurrentsDrawingSillyShallowCartoonStimulusSitting DownCurrent EventsDeep Meaning Author:Gary Larson
“I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West', 'Muppets Under Water' and all these weird concept movies. I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back.” WantTryingLittlesShowsWaterConceptsWestDisappointedMuppetOld West Author:Jason Segel
“It's always special when you're young and you have a vision for something you want to do, and somebody takes a moment to connect with you. Now if there are kids on the set I try to talk to them for a bit.” IfsWantTryingMomentsKidsYoungBitsVisionSpecial Author:Jeremy Sumpter
“It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.” MenWantWritingTryingKidsJobsCultureCausesSoundPopsMy TimeOld ManPop Culture Author:R. L. Stine
“When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good.” WantWritingTryingLastsBrilliantCrude Author:Regina Spektor
“I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.” PeopleWantTryingSongFunHaving Fun Author:Ricky Skaggs
“I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going to leave bachata behind. I'm always going to be a bachatero first.” WantTryingFirstsDifferentBehindsRootsBeing TrueDifferent ThingsBachata Author:Romeo Santos
“I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in audition rooms. I don't want to be doing that in my afterlife.” WantTryingI CanEnoughRoomsForeverImagineOfficeStuckGhostAwardsAfterlifeAuditionsCastingAcademyEnough TimeAcademy Awards Author:Rachael Taylor
“I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music.” PeopleWantTryingPersonsYoungBeing The Best Author:Tinie Tempah
“I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.” WantTryingHumansEndsAudienceFansLike YouPerformancesHeyEmpoweringThe End Of The DayHanging Out Author:Kate Voegele
“I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsI CanDoneActorsSonMinisters Author:Barry Watson
“If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won't leave people saying, 'Gee, it could have been better, it could've been this, it could've been that.'” PeopleIfsWantTryingHas BeensLastsChanceForeverCould Have Been Author:Billy West
“People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.” PeopleWantTryingKindProblemTechnologyAddressesHelpfulRemedyScientologyPersonal Problems Author:Lawrence Wright
“I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.” PeopleWantTryingBigger Author:Nik Wallenda
“Music's the one thing I try not to analyze. I don't want to destroy the magic that has always been there for me.” WantTryingMagicOne Thing Author:Dwight Yoakam
“There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's really good to try and get my head around different kinds of song structures, or maybe I might get turned on by trying to write a song that would fit in this one scene in a movie. And by the end of all this, you just end up with a bunch of different ideas. And songs are really just ideas.” WantWritingTryingKindIdeasDifferentEndsFeelingsMightSongFitSceneStructureBunchDifferent KindsDifferent Ideas Author:Ryan Adams
“God preserve us from writers who regurgitate what they have learnt from books! It is people's secrets we want to know - it is the natural history of the human heart that we have been trying to put down for a thousand years and everyone must and can leave their contribution.” PeopleKnowsWantWritingTryingYearsHumansHeartHas BeensBookNaturalSecretThousandPreservesContributionThousand YearsHuman HeartNatural History Author:August Strindberg
“What I'm trying to say is the Holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and frankly, I would never want to see that repeated.” WantTryingHumanityCrimeHolocaustHorrificCrimes Against Humanity Author:Paul LePage
“The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.” KnowsWantTryingReasonChanceSecretScrutinyGlare Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.” WantTryingStillsOpportunityGrowsCareersGet Better Author:Scoot McNairy
“I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.” WantFeelsTryingHeartGrowsGrowing UpMy HeartHappeningsFeel GoodI Feel Good Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingNamesChristianityDisciplinePleaseAngryTiredIslamDamageDividesGoing To Work Author:William P. Young
“I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.” WorldWantTryingBeautifulFireClothesWomen WantReally BeautifulBeautiful Clothes Author:Rachel Zoe