“That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.” WorldNeedsTryingKindLongHelpingLastsYoungSoundLevelsPlayerHugeMonthsCoupleDrawsTennisLots Of MoneyAustralianTravel The WorldTennis Player Author:Samantha Stosur
“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
“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'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.” TryingI CanYoungGrowsGrowing Up Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.” TryingYoungOpportunityInterestCan DoPlayerBest Things Author:Ricky Williams
“The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real meaning will be stated.” TryingRealYoungArtistOrdinaryExtraordinaryOrdinary ThingsOrdinarinessYoung Artists Author:Allan Kaprow
“One of the early tip-offs to me about the enormous changes that were going on with being in a Bangalore house, home, where the young woman from a nearby village, who had been hired to baby sit newborn twins, suddenly said after two weeks of work: 'I'm sorry, this is too much work, I'm going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.'” TryingSaidTwoHomeJobsYoungHousePayToo MuchWeekBabySorryEnormousVillageTwinsYoung WomenI'm SorryTwo WeeksNewbornToo Much WorkBangaloreCall Center Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.” TryingBelieveHandsBigsRunningJobsYoungDesireI BelieveCompanyAdultsMarkStartingYoung AdultStrikesTraditionalConsistentlyStemGreat CompanyZuckerberg Author:Maynard Webb
“I was a very unpleasant young man. If I met the young Ingmar today I'd say, 'You're very talented and I'll try to help you, but I don't want anything else to do with you.” IfsMenWantTryingCharacterHelpingTodayYoungMetsYoung Man Author:Ingmar Bergman
“You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.” IfsNeedsTryingMatterDoneBodyYoungBitsRealizingTeachStudentsYour BodyCoachesTendenciesGoing To WorkAthleticBad Health Author:Reynolds Price
“Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.” WorldWantLoveLifeFeelsTryingArtHappinessYoungFeltBitsSpaceTeacherFansRetirementFreakDevotedAspireFeels Just Author:Lady Gaga
“I try to keep away from being bigheaded. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink the rest of their life. But there are several respected adult actors who were child actors that started very young. I'm going to try to model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.” PeopleTryingChildrenYoungActorsCausesLosesActingRolesModelsAdultsStinkKeep LearningChild Actors Author:Haley Joel Osment
“September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were too young to care about anything. And then as you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. That just kind of opened everyone's eyes (which I probably wish it did to more people) that there's obviously something wrong, to try and figure out what it is and what's going on in the world.” PeopleWorldTryingKindEyeCareLastsYoungWishDarkRecordsStupidFiguresExcuseSeptemberSeptember 11 Author:Deryck Whibley
“We can't stop trying til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knight.” TryingMindYoungBreakSunBloodExpressionKnightsStop Trying Author:David Bowie
“What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.” PeopleWayTryingLongFeelingsAbleYoungValuesOrderOpportunityStarsDealsClassMiddleSafeChaosInternationalTerrorismFocusedAccessPartnersSecureConsistentMiddle ClassStay FocusedMiddle Class FamilyNorth Star Author:Barack Obama
“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.” MenFeelsTryingMayMatterHardDreamYoungOpportunityAchieveBirthBecomingMen And WomenHarderBridgesYoung ManGapsCompounds Author:Barack Obama
“As a kid, as a young actor, I really wanted to pop. I wanted to create something different. I wanted to be Sean Penn, but I didn't have all the words to be Sean Penn. But I was trying to do something different in every role.” TryingDifferentKidsWantedYoungActorsRolesPopsSeanYoung Actors Author:Matthew Lillard
“A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” PeopleTryingYoungCompanyTroubleClothesFatsTargetSkinnyVanillaCool KidSkinny People Author:Mike Jeffries
“I sacrificed for the Dallas Cowboys when most quit. I put in overtime to try to help young players.” TryingHelpingYoungPlayerQuittingCowboyDallasDallas Cowboy Author:Charles Haley
“Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.” PeopleTryingStillsFactsYoungIdentityYouthFindingsSuitsMaskUncertainSuccessionFinding The One Author:W. H. Auden
“I always knew I wanted to do comedy. I like making people laugh. I started out young just making my family laugh and trying to make kids laugh in school and getting into plays. I think it's the only thing I know how to do so hopefully it works out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingPlayKidsWantedSchoolYoungLaughingKnow HowComedyMy FamilyWork OutHopefullyMaking People Laugh Author:Jillian Bell
“I try to take a couple of young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.” IfsKnowsTryingYoungGuyTeachCoupleWingsI've LearnedYoung Guys Author:Gucci Mane
“You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.” TryingImportantYoungImportant ThingsToysThings In LifeBe YoungMost Important Things In Life Author:Diego Della Valle