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Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.
'Sorry' just fit the bill for the crossover that both Lost Stories and I were attempting to do musically.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
I'm sure thousands of people in the world are taking on twice what I am attempting. I'm really looking forward to it all.
We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
That's sort of the idea that if we, in attempting to explain away that which is experienced, the experience itself is diminished.
Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.
It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices.
The technologies of virtual reality are attempting to make us see from beneath, from inside, from behind... as if we were God.
Sometimes you'll have a heckler who's actually attempting to be supportive, but you don't realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind of confusing.
I would feel pretty embarrassed if I was doing what I do and I wasn't at least attempting the eloquent translation of the human experience in some way.
I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature at the time, and I wasn't able to do it.
The majority of women commit the strategic error of attempting to excel in a maximum of fields in order to satisfy all their customers' needs.
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically driven austerity agenda.
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
So much of the presidency is a matter of standing in the path of a Newsham Engine for Quenching Fires, opening one's mouth, and attempting to get a drink.
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.
Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.
He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.
I am attempting to understand Telugu and then give my dialogues. But language is not a barrier for me.
A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.
Oakland has always had artists attempting to define the immense beauty and ridiculousness around them.
I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act.
I don't spend too much time attempting to defend myself against people who seem to have zero desire to have a substantive conversation.
Why does merely attempting to understand Reality so often seem to lead to going insane?
I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.
I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and I’m dependent on you for my life. (Sway)
What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?
Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.
I do not think an enormous permanent underclass is a very good thing to have if you're attempting to operate something that at least pretends sometimes to be a democracy.
A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
Othello is someone who's just had a victory, and it's the aftermath of coming back and attempting to live comfortably as a civilian.
I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary.
People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.
... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.
This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases.
Attempting to squash your permeating stench of a loser by bum rushing every girl you come across is a bad look.
The Pandora's box of unholiness is attempting to sing anything that Freddie Mercury ever sang.
Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people.
You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.
Legacy media accuses young people of being apathetic while actively attempting to remove them from the discussion.
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.
Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
Attempting to predict shoulder and elbow issues due to extensive innings early in a pitchers career is an inexact science.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.
I am now confident about attempting a Hindi film. I believe if you have a good story to tell, audiences will watch it.
A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos.
Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.
The hours I spent attempting to decipher some of Dunnett's more oblique passages opened me to the possibilities of romantic storytelling.
An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths - by panicked shouting.
On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I'm just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn't follow in their footsteps.
