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If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is… — Charles Eliot Norton
I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. — Jon Stewart
Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good… — Leo Buscaglia
My caddie 'Stovepipe' tried to talk me into hitting a 3-wood. But I took out the turf rider (4-wood) instead. The moment I hit it,… — Gene Sarazen
Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then 15? months old. Seeing how… — Charles Darwin
Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of… — Amy Poehler
I tried marijuana once or twice in England, but didn't like it. I didn't inhale. — William J. Clinton
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity. — Seneca the Younger
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to… — Jonathan Swift
The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. ... so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when I read his… — Ernest Hemingway
Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh.… — Ambrose Bierce
I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get… — LeBron James
I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted houses, I sold… — Ellen DeGeneres
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best. — John Wooden
I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live.… — John Wooden
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I got moxie, I'm so damn cocky. Industry tried to block me like cops and paparazzi. — Lauryn Hill
'I thought I could live my life without you,' she says, trying desperately to hold back her tears. 'I can't. I've tried and I can't… — Mike Gayle
As hard as I've tried, I don't know how not to be adorable. — Justin Bieber
I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom). — Dolly Parton
I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could… — Arthur Ashe
Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost… — Sherman Glenn Finesilver
The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the… — Carl Jung

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