Attempt Quotes

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I find that white people in general, including white liberals and even revolutionaries, are most inclined to call you a racist when they don't want… — Runoko Rashidi
When there are no avenues of escape or one is caught even before any attempt to escape can be made, then for the first time… — Gichin Funakoshi
Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beingsAny attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social… — Sulak Sivaraksa
As a gender variant visual artist I access 'technologies of gender' in order to amplify rather than erase the hermaphroditic traces of my body.Â I… — Del LaGrace Volcano
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. Itâ€™s not a mere speeding up, however much our… — Douglas Rushkoff
The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders,… — Henry Grady Weaver
Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an attempt is… — Jane Addams
For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy. — Kim Campbell
States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By… — George W. Bush
My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a… — Louise Bourgeois
I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keepÂ things together and make things whole. — Louise Bourgeois
It is useless, sisters, for you to attempt the duties of your exalted callings . . . without the constant companionship of the Spirit of… — Susa Young Gates
And it occurred to me that in this new millennial life of instant and ubiquitous connection, you don't in fact communicate so much as leave… — Chang-Rae Lee
The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a… — Frederic Bastiat
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make… — Frederic Bastiat
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. — Henry Fielding
We come together only to go apart again. The law of life can't be avoided. The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves… — R.K. Narayan
Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed… — Sigmund Freud
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt… — John Stuart Mill

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