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The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption,… — Kurt Schmoke
In Jamaica, you learn as a child how to roll a joint. Everyone here has tried it. I did too — Usain Bolt
So much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times, I once contemplated suicide and woulda tried, but when I held that nine,… — Tupac Shakur
Yesterday, I tried to call Northwest Airlines' customer-service line over a couple of hours. I couldn't get through. The recording said, "Due to a high… — Unknown Author
Why has marriage failed? In the first place, we raised it to unnatural standards. We tried to make it something permanent, something sacred, without knowing… — Rajneesh
Marriage has failed because you could not rise to the standard that you were expecting of marriage, of the concept of marriage. You were brutal,… — Rajneesh
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to see the way… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing… — Gray Davis
There is hurt that cannot be fixed by band aids or poetrybecause no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be… — Sarah Kay
I was born with a stain. A mark. Like the mark of Cain. But is the mark of my father, my family. The mark of… — Cesare Borgia
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create… — Oliver North
I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when… — Randy Shilts
It was just weird. Once you get the ball and you get in a situation, it's like haywire, everything goes crazy, and everybody's running around.… — Nate Robinson
But baseball was different... You stood and waited and tried to still your mind. When your moment came, you had to be ready, because if… — Chad Harbach
Night Train Lane was the best defensive back to ever play the game. I tried to pattern my game after him because he was the… — Herb Adderley
Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! — Walter Scott
It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may be… — Robert McCracken
Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I love this site. It was lovingly hand-shaped it. Your soul transformed this into this art. It was perfect. I have tried to create another… — Leonardo da Vinci
This journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition and… — Bernadette Roberts
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy… — Henry Van Dyke
We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day maybe it will blaze up on… — Tony Hoagland
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I… — Thomas Jefferson
Happy is he to whom, in the maturer season of life, there remains one tried and constant friend... — Anna Letitia Barbauld
I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make my marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen.… — Anna Quindlen

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