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In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man. — Andrew Carnegie
When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes,… — Thelonious Monk
In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in… — Dr. John
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing… — Alejandro Amenabar
Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for… — Nikola Tesla
I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax-until I tried it myself. Then… — Marc Ian Barasch
You know all of my fears. There's nothing your eyes can't see. When I tried to give up Lord, you never gave up on me. — Peter Furler
There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long… — Josh Duhamel
With my songs I tried to prove that there is love. — Nana Mouskouri
[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of cooking or living… — Marya Hornbacher
I tried to commit suicide by sticking my head in the oven, but there was a cake in it. — Lesley Boone
When it comes to art, buy with your eyes, not your ears. I tried very hard not to 'decorate' with art. Art should be reflective… — Unknown Author
What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting. — Liza Minnelli
They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in… — Ken Blackwell
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some… — Jim Dale
I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies… — Clarence Darrow
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler — Wilhelm Canaris
First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I… — Haley Reinhart
My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and… — Lizzie Borden
I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me. — Christy Turlington
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up… — Amy Tan
I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that… — Brian Setzer
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. — Brian Setzer
My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the… — Woody Guthrie
I had headaches for over 30 years until I tried chiropractic. They have completely disappeared. — Melvin Belli

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