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I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.
I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.
I never felt any attraction towards violence. I never tried to express myself through violence. Violence is a language.
Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.
Obama tried to make deals with Republicans, and I don't think he realized he'd have such an insanely opposing Congress.
Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
I have never really tried to forge my own identity. As followers of Jesus Christ, we ought to forge our identity in Him.
In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.
I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
I have always tried to be clear that my states are stages of justice reasoning, not of emotions, aspirations, or action.
For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.
I do know that there is no reason for me to drown myself from sorrow since I haven't yet tried to achieve anything great.
I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story.
Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.
Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.
I was never good at school, couldn't get a job. I was a disaster when I tried to do things the way the world wanted me to.
I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.
Oh, I was a big Tony Atlas fan. I think I tried to throw my first dropkick because of Tony - and almost broke my shoulder.
If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it.
When Matt Bevin tried to bully teachers and illegally cut their pensions, I proudly stood with them to fight back and win.
Microsoft has tried to do a lot of things in search... thrown a lot of money. But nothing they have done has worked at all.
I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good.
There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life... I think I must have been crying for some attention.
We tried our damnedest to make it a special entertainment, but I'll admit I'm a contributor to the decline in TV standards.
The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.
I used to think consciousness itself was a virtue, so I tried to keep it all in my head at the same time: past, future, etc.
Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.
Many of us forget who we were before we became cricketers. I remember how hard I tried to get an autograph when I was young.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night.
I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
I've tried to stalk Danzig. I've walked by his house on Franklin that looks super haunted and scary, but I've never seen him.
As long as I don't overindulge, it's OK for me to eat burgers and ice cream occasionally. As for alcohol? I've never tried it.
I tried writing a song and it wasn't very good. I sung it to my mom and she told me it was bad - but I was eight, so it's okay.
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
I try to be vegan... I really, really try. I don't eat any red meat, and the whole animal thing really upsets me, so I've tried.
After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.
In every video that I have done, I have tried to have lead actresses of different variations from size and color to nationality.
Be patient - if something is supposed to happen, it's going to happen. Whenever I've tried to force things, they didn't go right.
If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.
While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.
My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.