#tryin

It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still. ↗

— Siouxsie Sioux

#down #first #first time #just #kind

A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you're trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#be careful #careful #choose #economy #especially

For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which way, it's about being a designer and having a business and being successful at that. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#any #being #brand #business #celebrity

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#create #end #era #new #new philosophy

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#i #i do #more #myself #purge

I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen! ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#authority #harbored #i #listen #lot

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#onstage #performer #physically #thirty #trying

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#deserve #give #great #great work #i

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#audience #gallery #get #i #immediate

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#came #captain #doing #eight #everyone