In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents – those constantly striving for betterment – have any hope of surviving. – Raghuram Rajan
I didn’t set out wanting to be an actress. That’s not what I did. I didn’t go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically – honestly, I didn’t have anything else going. – Rene Russo
France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal. – Rich Lowry
To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. – Victor Hugo
I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant. – Tim Cahill
They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we’re not 100 per cent human, that we’re always letting ourselves down. We’re constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment. – Stephen Fry