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Prejudice exists and probably will continue to `but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to accept… — Robert Kennedy
As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at… — Sydney J. Harris
I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me. — Mason Cooley
I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money — Beth Henley
How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more… — Ajahn Brahm
Today's top players only want to play in London or for Manchester United. That's what happened when I tried to sign Alan Shearer and he… — Graeme Souness
You know, I've occasionally tried to watch other shows besides Scrubs, but comparing them is a bit like me competing in the special Olympics. Obviously… — Zach Braff
I've always tried to learn from the greats: Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Ghandi, Buddha, Jesus... it's just that there's this tremendous pressure to correct all… — Zach Braff
I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic… — Zach Braff
I tried it a few times but didn't see the point. I'm Zach Braff. What the fudge do I need a team for besides holding… — Zach Braff
To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death — Marie Dressler
I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended up looking silly...… — Norman Rockwell
Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried — Guy Lafleur
I tried to control the narrative. — Lance Armstrong
Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light… — Reinaldo Arenas
Finding your look isn't complicated if you go in without being frightened. Notice what people are complimenting you on. Experiment with new things once in… — Lauren Hutton
Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know? — Corbin Bernsen
As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time. — Kerry Thornley
My music has a high irritation factor. I`ve always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was is joke. But I… — Randy Newman
Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had… — Norman Finkelstein
There is no disease, bodily or mental, which adoption of vegetable diet, and pure water has not infallibly mitigated, wherever the experiment has been fairly… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Early morning, the orange sun is slowly rising, shining forth in empty luminous clarity. The mind and the sky are one, the sun is rising… — Ken Wilber
'T is said that absence conquers love; But oh believe it not! I've tried, alas! its power to prove, But thou art not forgot. — Unknown Author
Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his… — A. E. Housman
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard… — Unknown Author

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