Tried Quotes
4144 Tried quotes by 2854 unique authors
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I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what…
— Paul McCartney
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We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes.…
— Tony Dungy
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I have tried so hard to do the right.
— Grover Cleveland
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We just believed in ourselves, and we knew that we had an entire city and maybe an enitre country behind us. What can I say?…
— Drew Brees
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I just like the idea of trying something that no one's ever tried before, and I really wanted to know if it was possible.
— Unknown Author
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I haven't seen someone so overmatched since Mike Tyson tried to recite the alphabet.
— Dennis Miller
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CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these…
— James Hansen
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There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and…
— Saul Bellow
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If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
— Myrtle Reed
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I've tried to live my life right, just like a story.
— Unknown Author
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When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my…
— Steven Morrissey
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I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the…
— Ted Kooser
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I tried being anorexic for four hours and then i was like, i need some bagels
— Kat Dennings
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I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything I did, I…
— Robert Pattinson
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I don't know what's wrong with me, My brain doesn't work anymore. I haven't any memory. I can't write. All I can do is sign…
— Robert Pattinson
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The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to what I was…
— Robert Pattinson
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My goal in life is to leave behind a safe and healthy world for our children. Before I leave this world, I want to be…
— Unknown Author
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We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight…
— Barack Obama
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You've got to stop doing all the things that people have tried, tested, and found out don't work.
— Michael Dunlop
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e., the verbal information…
— David Foster Wallace
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You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.
— George Bernard Shaw
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For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try…
— Ernest Hemingway
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After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to…
— Christie Brinkley
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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from…
— Morris Kline
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I have at all times tried to use my influence toward protecting the property holders and substantial men of the country from thieves, outlaws and…
— Clay Allison
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