Attempt Quotes

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The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open… — Christopher Lasch
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage… — Christopher Lasch
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul,… — D. H. Lawrence
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. — Fran Lebowitz
The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape… — Rush Limbaugh
Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It… — Rush Limbaugh
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to… — Jose Marti
One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and… — Judith Martin
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt… — John Stuart Mill
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death,… — Henry Miller
I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful. — Helen Mirren
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. — Alanis Morissette
It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's… — Elon Musk
The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not… — Elon Musk
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All… — John Henry Newman
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. — Sarah Jessica Parker
Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. — Octavio Paz
Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they… — Jodi Picoult
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. — Quintilian
Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art. — Ezra Pound

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