Attempt Quotes

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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur. — Tariq Ramadan
I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want,… — Alan Rickman
The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian… — Pat Robertson
The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. — Salman Rushdie
I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they… — Richard Russo
If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state. — John Ralston Saul
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. — Robert H. Schuller
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? — Robert H. Schuller
Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt. — Martin Scorsese
To attempt to write seriously is always, I feel, to fail - the disjunction between my beautifully sonorous, accurate and painfully affecting mental content, and… — Will Self
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare
The attempt and not the deed confounds us. — William Shakespeare
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. — William Tecumseh Sherman
All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies. — Zadie Smith
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. — Stephen Sondheim
I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we… — Sonia Sotomayor
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. — Mike Tyson
I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written… — Eddie Vedder
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her… — Ayelet Waldman

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