Quotes with tried

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  • Winston Churchill Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bela Lugosi My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Ben Zobrist My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I got a bat and a real ball and played around to see if I could hit left-handed.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Audre Lorde My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Winston Churchill My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bart Stupak No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, because the Gulf oil spill happened. It seemed like it sucked the wind out of the whole health care debate.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Bill Clinton No, because I didn't get him. But at least I tried. That's the difference me and some, including all the right-wingers who are attacking me now. They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try. They did not try. I tried.
    Interview with Chris Wallace, FOX News Sunday, September 24, 2006
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Agnes Smedley Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Bill Rancic One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • John Louis O'Sullivan Other nations have tried to check... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
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  • Anita Roddick Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Assata Shakur People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.
    Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Bryn Terfel People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity.
    Bryn Terfel
    Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (1965 - )
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  • Olive Schreiner Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Bill Brandt Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.
    Bill Brandt
    British photographer and photojournalist (1904 - 1983)
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  • Amelia Earhart Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Bob Beauprez President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Callie Hernandez Since I started acting, I had to quit a lot of bad habits. I've tried to stop biting my nails, because people always look at your nails during auditions. Truth be told, I still have a 'cheat nail,' but I've been cheating less and less.
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