Attempt Quotes

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The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them. — Adrienne von Speyr
The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States. — Herbert Hoover
Novelsâ€“and memoirsâ€“are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there is only one kind… — Tao Lin
Suicide is a desperate attempt to get out of what seems to be an intolerable situation. It appears to be a way of escape from… — June Hunt
Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile. — Grenville Kleiser
The pressures for human cloning are powerful; but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that… — Ian Wilmut
We must recognize that the attempt to set forth the temporal course commonly referred to as the "evolution of mankind" is merely an attempt to… — Jean Gebser
Transformation is the shift of the principle which orients the personâ€™s life, which is ordinarily the principle of gaining satisfaction. Essentially what organizes life for… — Werner Erhard
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to… — William Godwin
If you don't know why you like a thing, it is usually worth your while to attempt to find out. — Paul Bowles
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Politics Is the Entertainment Branch of Industry. C-SPAN's coverage of governmental proceedings is wonderful. Caution! Buffoons… — Frank Zappa
The wind is rising...we must attempt to live. — Paul Valery
There is also an underlying, less specific fear - what some might call an ontological or existential anxiety - that shrouds our days and seeps… — Jesse Browner
I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of… — Robert Walpole
The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and… — William Bligh
Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did… — Michael Behe
We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of… — Marilynne Robinson
I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections… — Marya Hornbacher
Leisure is non-work for the sake of work. Leisure is the time spent recovering from work and in the frenzied but hopeless attempt to forget… — Bob Black
The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to increase the… — Salman Rushdie

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