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I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.


Tibor Kalman

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DAVID LEITCH At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it...
SUSANNE BIER If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as t...
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ELLA HENDERSON I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.
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T. V. CARPIO I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.
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LISA LOEB My schedule can be hectic, so I'm always trying to find time to see my friends and family.
JESSICA SZOHR If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
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DOLLY PARTON I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out.
DAVID PLOUFFE Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
KARRIE WEBB I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
MIKE D When I'm rapping, like, a turn up song, I'm thinking about what the people want to hear; thi...
TINK When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I us...
DAN GILROY All I need is a sheet of paper
and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world ...
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MADDIE ZIEGLER If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.
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EVAN SPIEGEL I'm always trying to push the envelope and go with a different hairstyle that you're not goi...
DAVID OTUNGA If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these to...
SOJOURNER TRUTH Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they migh...
RUSSELL SMITH I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.
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EMILIO ESTEVEZ I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
KATE DEL CASTILLO I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.
EMILE HIRSCH I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of...
PAT METHENY It's a question of trying to take down by dictation what's already there. I'm not making...
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KEVIN SMITH Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me...
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JORDYN WIEBER I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make thin...
DAN GILBERT I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that.
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RANDA HAINES I'm very inquisitive, and I always have questions and need to touch things to see how it works o...
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
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