#tryin

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#away #catastrophe #deal #energy #environment

One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this. ↗

— Tony Greig

#country #difficulties #get #interviewing #involved

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#enjoying #hardest #i #knew #long

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#i #second #started #third #trying

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow. ↗

— Woody Guthrie

#change #cow #day #dead #find

Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true? ↗

— Steve Guttenberg

#just #me #over #someone #states

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#i #idea #liked #perform #someone

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#far #figure #go #i #line

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#describe #exact #feel #i #i feel

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later. ↗

— Sammy Hagar

#being #best #dave #great #guy