“We needed to make a sound that's not gonna fit in with everything else - we wanted to make something that was completely unique and individual to us. We spent a lot of time trying to make a sound that was a One Direction sound. At first it was quite hard to do that, but I'm really happy with the sound.” TryingFirstsHardWantedIndividualSoundNeededFitUniqueReally HappyOne Direction Author:Zayn Malik
“I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out what we can do to preserve bone and muscle density.” ThinkingTryingImportantBodyTermCan DoSpaceFiguresBehaviorUniqueBonesDataPreservesMusclesMeasuringDensity Author:John L. Phillips
“Each person is born with a unique individuality, and each person has a destiny of his or her own. Imitation is crime, it is criminal. If you try to become a Buddha, you may look like Buddha, you may walk like him, you may talk like him, but you will miss. You will miss all that life was ready to deliver to you. Buddha happens only once.” IfsTryingLooksMayPersonsHappensMotivationalBornWalksDestinyMissingCrimeReadyUniqueIndividualityCriminalsImitationWill Miss You Author:Rajneesh
“When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's biography regarding God's promised experiences and truth for him - his individual, unique path of humbling oneself before the Lord and then being exalted by the Lord back into his true and righteous personhood. Many followers may speak of it merely to try to change other people (before changing themselves), but the prophets speak of it as a living word which miraculously tells their very own experiences.” PeopleMenTryingMaySeemsIndividualSpeakChristLordPathUniqueUnderstoodOneselfEvery ManProphetFollowersRighteousBiographiesExaltedHumblingPersonhoodHumbling Experiences Author:Criss Jami
“Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be.” TryingChildrenWantedMy OwnJourneyFiguresMomUniqueMy MomWho We AreSupportiveSiblingMy JourneyMy SiblingsUnique ExperiencesGreatest Mom Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I know that me personally I'm different than anyone else, just like our mothers all tell us we're all very special and unique and we are, and I think if an actor can stick to trying to make the character resemble something from their own spirit it will automatically be unique.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingDifferentCharacterSpiritMotherActorsSpecialUniqueSticks Author:Chris Pratt
“A religious phenomenon will only be recognized as such if it is grasped at its own level, that is to say, if it is studied as something religious. To try to grasp the essence of such phenomenon by means of physiology, psychology, sociology, economics, linguistics, art or any other study is false; it misses the one unique and irreducible element in it - the element of the sacred.” IfsTryingMeanArtReligiousLevelsStudyPsychologyMissingElementsUniqueEconomicsEssenceSacredPhenomenonSociologyLinguisticsPhysiology Author:Mircea Eliade
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something. And even though my parents taught me stuff about God and read Bible stories to me from as early as I can remember... it was my choice to become a believer in Him. The way I see it, putting our faith in God is something that each person has to come to on his or her own. It's your own personal relationship with Him; a bond that's as unique as a fingerprint.” ThinkingWayShouldTryingBelievePersonsMadeI CanStoriesRememberChoicesForceI BelieveStuffParentTaughtUniqueI Believe InBelieverBelieve In GodFaith In GodPersonal RelationshipsI Believe In GodFingerprintsBible Stories Author:Bethany Hamilton
“I keep in touch with my fans by keeping a blog online and I try to answer questions every day. I also have a twitter and a facebook. I think that social networking gives authors a unique insight in the minds of their fans and for me that is very valuable.” ThinkingGivingTryingMindSocialAnswersFansUniqueValuableInsightOnlineNetworkingBlogsSocial NetworkingSocial Network Author:Cassandra Clare
“History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases. I don't think that people whose expertise lies in one thing should try to make grand theories about something (a) where it's very hard to get the evidence to prove that you're right and (b) where it's much too easy to make up stories that seem right.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingHardStoriesSeemsLyingCertainEasyCasesOne ThingParticularTheoryCircumstancesProveUniqueEvidenceExpertise Author:Richard Lewontin
“The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.” PeopleTryingProblemLike YouUniqueOriginalsCopiesEmulateLike Yourself Author:Walt Disney
“I dont have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. Its all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. Its always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.” WayTryingCharacterStoriesChallengesInterestingAudienceUniqueGenre Author:Catherine Mary Stewart
“Gail Anderson-Dargatz has a noticing eye, a voice as unique as the countryside she writes about, and a heart large enough to love her entire cast of distinct and memorable characters. In The Cure for Death by Lightning she fashions an irresistible song out of the joys and dangers of growing up, the mysteries and wonders of life on a farm, the thrilling terror of trying to outrun the awful unseen force that pursues a growing girl. This novel opens a door to a shining, surprising world.” WorldWritingTryingHeartEnoughCharacterEyeJoySongGirlForceVoiceWonderNovelGrowing UpGrowingDoorsMysteryFashionDangerUniqueShiningCastsTerrorPursueCuresAwfulMemorableFarmsSurprisingLightningUnseenThrillingIrresistibleNoticingCountrysideOutrunWonder Of LifeUnseen ForcesMemorable CharactersGail Author:Jack Hodgins
“Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.” PeopleWorldWantTryingOpportunitySportsShareUniqueAdvantageRaisesClimbingProfileAmbassadors Author:Chris Sharma
“Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "could have, might have, should have,and might have been." Create yourself and live the story of your own unique life.” ShouldTryingHas BeensStoriesMightMotivationalUniqueShould HaveRefuseTonguePensNew ThingsMight Have BeenSaddestUnique LifeSad Words Author:Rita Zahara
“The parent must not give in to his desire to try to create the child he would like to have, but rather help the child to develop--in his own good time--to the fullest, into what he wishes to be and can be, in line with his natural endowment and as the consequence of his unique life in history.” GivingTryingChildrenHelpingDesireWishParentNaturalLinesUniqueConsequenceIndividualityGood TimesEndowmentUnique LifeNatural Endowment Author:Bruno Bettelheim
“Visually through my work, over and over, I'm trying to create characters that are - to some people they may be monstrous, and I hate that word, because I think they're just unique. Misfits. I purposefully want to present something a little different so that whether people are disturbed by it or not, they can wrestle with it.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingMayLittlesDifferentCharacterHateUniqueI HateDisturbedMonstrousMisfits Author:Chris Mars
“I've done a lot of roles where I'm the hero saving the planet. I love doing them, but sometimes you wanna completely try something different and create something unique and get lost in it a bit because it's completely far away from me.” TryingDifferentSometimesDoneLostBitsRolesPlanetsHeroUniqueSavingFar Away Author:Sam Worthington
“I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.” TryingI CanCan DoProjectsUniqueAlways TryingCan Do Something Author:Josh Hartnett
“...it's just another one of those things I don't understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity” WorldTryingFunnyArtistStupidUniqueIndividualityStupidityRidiculousRebelImpressMouldIrony Of LifeGadflies Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give them a level of dignity. You don't try to change their persona, but you try to understand that they had unique problems, set in a century that you don't live.” PeopleGivingTryingProblemLevelsCenturyUniqueDignityClownPersona Author:Kevin Costner
“When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.” TryingMy OwnDesignUniqueDirect Author:Anthony Hopkins
“There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is to let yourself be inspired and even changed by the unique qualities of the place where you're building. We always try to take the second approach.” TryingTwoQualityPossibilityChangedBuildingApproachUniqueInspiredAverageArchitectBe Inspired Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Each piece that I put in the street is unique. I never make the same piece twice. For Hong Kong, like for every city where I have worked, I try to adapt my work to the culture and the 'colors' of the city.” TryingCultureCitiesPiecesStreetsColorUniqueHong Kong Author:Invader
“While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.” WorldInspirationalTryingLooksMeanChildrenStruggleUnique Author:Abdul Kalam
“We did it with passion; we didn't do it like everyone else. Teams nowadays are still trying to duplicate that, but no one has yet. We shuffled down and we did it. We did it in an unique fashion.” TryingStillsPassionTeamFashionUniqueDown AndDuplicate Author:William Perry
“I always try to remember that I am a work in progress. It is life's journey that matters and the turns I take will determine how much progress I make. You see, I am unique in my gifts and the purpose I was created for. When I get to heaven at the end of my journey, I will not be asked what gifts He gave me, but what I did with them. Each one of us is a work in progress, with a mission and purpose to fulfill that is uniquely ours. Keep that in mind as you journey, won't you?” TryingMindEndsMatterRememberPurposeTurnsHeavenProgressJourneyUniqueDetermineMissionsMy JourneyWork In Progress Author:John C. Maxwell
“Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it “good as new.” But the tea masters understood that by repairing the broken bowl with the distinct beauty of radiant gold, they could create an alternative to “good as new” and instead employ a “better than new” aesthetic. They understood that a conspicuous, artful repair actually adds value. Because after mending, the bowl's unique fault lines were transformed into little rivers of gold that post repair were even more special because the bowl could then resemble nothing but itself.” WayTryingLittlesValuesLinesSpecialMastersBrokenUniqueUnderstoodRiversGoldAddFaultsAlternativesTeaPostsAestheticTransformedBowlsRadiantMendingRepairingBroken Things Author:Teresita Fernandez
“As brands become larger, the need to reach greater numbers of customers makes them less edgy and dilutes their unique positioning as they try to please everyone. It is therefore not surprising to find such brands go into a few years of decline before they are able to reinvent themselves.” NeedsTryingYearsAbleNumbersGreaterPleaseUniqueCustomersBrandsSurprisingDeclineEdgy Author:Nirmalya Kumar
“Don't try to be all things to all people. Concentrate on selling something unique that you know there is a need for, offer competitive pricing and good customer service.” PeopleKnowsNeedsTryingOffersUniqueAll ThingsCustomersSellingPricingGood Customer ServiceSelling Something Author:Lillian Vernon
“I definitely wanted to pay homage to what he did and use his performance in the first one as a foundation. But, I had to make it my own. I couldn't sit there and try to imitate Michael Clarke Duncan. I think that would have been disastrous. I had to make it my own. I tried to take as many nuances that he had with the character and utilize them as best I could, while creating a character that was unique to me. That's going to happen, no matter what.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHas BeensMatterCharacterUseHappensWantedMy OwnPayCreatingUniquePerformancesNo Matter WhatFoundationNuanceHomageDuncan Author:Dennis Haysbert
“Michael Bay and his team are experts in exciting tentpole-type film and television, and the combination of their film experience plus the great television writers that have come on will be really successful in bringing us something really unique. We are looking to put on these big canvas shows, and Black Sails is going to fit into that. The scripts have been terrific. Everything that we are trying to do is incredibly ambitious, and this is certainly in that category.” TryingHas BeensShowsBigsFilmBlackSuccessfulTeamTelevisionTypeFitUniqueExcitingScriptsCombinationExpertsPlusCategoriesAmbitiousCanvasSailTerrificFilm And Television Author:Chris Albrecht
“Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen to your friend who says you are better that Tolkien and don't have to try any more. Keep writing, keep faith in the idea that you have unique stories to tell, and tell them.” PeopleWritingTryingIdeasStoriesUniqueKeep The Faith Author:Robin Hobb
“I love to dress myself. I have a unique style, but I don't try to do that - I just put on whatever I feel good in that day.” FeelsTryingStyleUniqueDressesFeel GoodI Feel GoodUnique Style Author:Cheyenne Kimball
“I'm in touch with Stick players all over the world, so I have a unique perspective on what they need from a website. Stick Enterprises is a small family-run business, but they have a depth of experience and committment that's pretty rare these days. I try to make sure that all the bases are covered for them, because I think what they do is really valuable to the music world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsTryingRunningPlayerPerspectiveUniqueBasesSticksDepthValuableThese DaysEnterpriseCoveredWebsiteUnique PerspectiveSmall Family Author:Greg Howard
“I think Westlife is very unique: we have a certain sound; we do our thing our way, and we don't try to change too much. I think that's what the fans love about us. We keep giving the fans what they want every year. The style of music never really changes too much.” ThinkingWayWantGivingTryingYearsCertainSoundToo MuchFansStyleUniqueWestlife Author:Shane Filan
“It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I ever felt like I was helping someone paint. They had a very clear idea of what they wanted it to look like, sound like, be like. So, there was no operating outside the box. The only way to help him was to try to really be a part of his imagination and try to make it happen. He's a super kind and loving person. So, you wanted to help him. It just was none of my normal ways of helping a director work at all. So, it was a unique experience for me that way.” WayTryingLooksKindPersonsIdeasHelpingHappensWantedFeltSoundImaginationCreativeClearStrangeDirectorsNormalUniquePaintBoxesBarsMake It HappenAmenOutside The BoxLoving PersonUnique ExperiencesHelping Someone Author:Ethan Hawke
“As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging directly with the Iranian government on a sustained basis for the first time in decades has created a unique opportunity, a window, to try to resolve important issues.” TryingFirstsSaidStillsImportantGovernmentOpportunityDifferencesDealsIssuesUniqueFirst TimeWindowBasesDecadesNuclearIranResolveEngagingIranianImportant IssuesUnique Opportunities Author:Barack Obama
“I think everybody is different. We are trying to be ourselves, and other people are trying to be themselves. We all share commonalities with each other, but all of us have different thumbprints. We all have our own unique things.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentShareUniqueCommonalityUnique ThingsThumbprints Author:Michael Gungor
“I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentPassionGivenSoundInfluenceTalentPersonalityUniqueNeighborTraitsLike SomethingPersonality TraitsUnique TalentsTalent And Passion Author:Michael Gungor
“I don't think I'm unique or that I'm trying to do something unique, but I feel it is something I would like to hear. This kind of music I would like to listen to but I can't hear very often.” ThinkingFeelsTryingKindI CanUnique Author:Rokia Traore
“I try to be really, really specific, because each character is really an individual and you have to find out what makes them unique.” TryingCharacterIndividualUnique Author:Rachelle Lefevre
“I think you try to extrapolate from the early civilizations and cultures of the continent, kind of looking for unique ways they set themselves apart from Western civilizations, and then pursue those avenues technologically and see where that takes you.” ThinkingWayTryingKindCultureCivilizationUniqueWesternPursueContinentsAvenuesWestern Civilization Author:Joe Robert Cole
“In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and so forth - I said to them, "Let's pretend that this is a place like Honolulu. Let's ignore the fact that all these other movies have been made here for decades and try to come at it with a fresh eye, as if it were an exotic city that people aren't that familiar with. And let's present our own view of it, create a world that's unique to this movie [L.A Confidential].” PeopleIfsWorldTryingHas BeensMadeSaidFactsEyeTermViewsCitiesTalkingUniqueProductionsDecadesFamiliarDesignerExoticCollaboratorsCinematographersConfidentialHonolulu Author:Curtis Hanson
“Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way of doing things, I have the actors in my mind already, so I'm trying to borrow something that's unique to them. The characters have a very natural connection to the actors themselves.” PeopleWayWritingTryingMindCharacterStoriesCertainActorsNaturalUniqueConnectionsScriptsCastsMy WayFilmmaker Author:Wong Kar-wai
“I have the point that everybody essentially have these unique set of DNA you have. There's something different about you genetically. You are unique is what I am trying to say - the combination of experiences and emotions you have felt are never repeated.” TryingDifferentFeltEmotionUniqueCombinationDna Author:Robert Greene
“Once the makeup is on, it's a collaborative process but it's pretty neat to have the makeup sort of speak to you when you look in the mirror and see how the face moves. For me, the personality comes through that makeup and that exploration of how it all looks and moves. You try to make it more unique than just a human with a mask on.” TryingHumansLooksFacesMovingSpeakProcessPersonalityUniqueMirrorsMaskMakeupExplorationNeat Author:Dan Payne
“No psychological grid works, because if you try to place every personality in one particular grid then you'd need about 4 billion grids because we are all so unique.” IfsNeedsTryingParticularPersonalityUniqueBillionsPsychologicalGrids Author:Max Lucado
“I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.” TryingWould BeArtistUniqueFellowsClownEmulateEmulation Author:Maynard James Keenan