Tried Quotes

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I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on. — Lawrence Block
I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never… — Christy Mathewson
I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area. — Rogers Hornsby
A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried. — Billy Collins
Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though… — Gloria Gaynor
It is easy to prescribe improvement for others; it is easy to organize something, to institutionalize this or that, to pass laws, multiply bureaucratic agencies,… — Albert J. Nock
I have tried to be more flexible, but I always end up feeling more uncomfortable. Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like… — Daniel Tammet
If a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died, what one man's life could be worth, well I wonder… — Harry Chapin
To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily,… — Tom Bissell
The New York book was a visual diary and it was also kind of personal newspaper. I wanted it to look like the news. I… — William Klein
It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff — as much stuff as possible — with as little fear… — Stefan Sagmeister
First off, LARDASS, you neglected to include a sign-off, forcing me to create one for you. I tried to create one that captured the spirit… — Dan Savage
Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary but couldn't get… — James Webb Young
I tried to be normal once... worst two minutes of my life. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
I’m not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it in… — Story Musgrave
The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a snarl. — Petr Skrabanek
And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat… — Noureddine Morceli
I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’… — Natalie
I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried. — Matthew Ashford
I tried to laugh early on about ego and pride... I do something great and then I do something really dumb and then I laugh.… — Matthew Ashford
Paleontologists have tried to turn Archaeopteryx into an earth-bound, feathered dinosaur. But it's not. It is a bird, a perching bird. And no amount of… — Alan Feduccia
Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are… — L. Lionel Kendrick
I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going. — Carlos Pena, Jr.
Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried. — Solomon Burke
After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake. — Ron Ben-Israel

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