They Try Quotes
298 quotes by 255 authors
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Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that no one was…
— Scott McCloud
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Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability, and to prevent, or at least to slow down, change. But the organization…
— Peter Drucker
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I think people try to make the most of their time on earth and also to fix their time on earth. They try to fix…
— Mary Gaitskill
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Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and…
— Patricia Reilly Giff
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A lot of the films I like are more than fantasies - they're movies fascinated by the technology of space exploration, and they try to…
— Alfonso Cuaron
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When we speak of being vulnerable, it suggests being especially vulnerable to pain. People for whom personal dignity and self-sufficiency are everything, do all they…
— May Sarton
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Men rush towards complexity, but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings; but they dream of being shepherds.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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One thing I really hate about people who play both acoustic and electric is if they try to play electric style on an acoustic guitar.…
— Rory Gallagher
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Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try…
— Angela Cartwright
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The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other people,interact with…
— Stanley Greenspan
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Some people like destroying for the hell of it; they love destroying beauty; they try to feel those people and then crack the egg.
— Frederick Lenz
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People try to get into your life. They try and keep you off-balance, keep you from making good decisions that will empower you - because…
— Frederick Lenz
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The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. They try and get rich…
— Frederick Lenz
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It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager…
— R L Stine
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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to…
— Irvine Welsh
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The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break…
— Evander Holyfield
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Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to…
— Michael Nesmith
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I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change…
— Gary Bauer
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any…
— T Bone Burnett
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