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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. - Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Anyone who uses the phrase easy as taking candy from a baby has never tried taking candy from a baby. - Unknown Quotes
I tried out for the cricket team, then found out I had to play Saturday mornings... or Saturday afternoons and practice twice a week. - John Newcombe Quotes
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. - Frida Kahlo Quotes
Speed was a very important part of my life. Someone once asked me if I ever tried drugs. And I said I didnt need it, I had speed. Its a kick. - Robert Stack Quotes
I need something to do when Im not working, or I crawl up the walls. So Ive just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasnt really me. - Ian Hart Quotes
I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter. - Larry Holmes Quotes
We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father. - Janet Reno Quotes
If I have any justification for having lived its simply, Im nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. Theres some value in that. - Arthur Miller Quotes
I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didnt work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else. - Tom Selleck Quotes
My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. Ive tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice. - Johnny Mathis Quotes
Ive also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and Ive tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book. - Neil Jordan Quotes
Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country. - Rick Yune Quotes
I tried to commit suicide by sticking my head in the oven, but there was a cake in it. - Lesley Boone Quotes
Ive worked with Bob Hoskins three times. We all talk the same language in a way. We just had a laugh and tried to keep things light. - Natasha Richardson Quotes
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard weve tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, theyre probably right. - Cathy Guisewite Quotes
I was asked to act when I couldnt act. I was asked to sing Funny Face when I couldnt sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldnt dance - and do all kinds of things I wasnt prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it. - Audrey Hepburn Quotes
Ive always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They dont have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex. - Molly Parker Quotes
Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think Im a bad guy? - John Mellencamp Quotes
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 for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed. - Ernest Hemingway Quotes
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
I went down and tried my best, only to be told via television after I had left that, If you want the boy, youre going to have to take him by force. - Janet Reno Quotes
I didnt hesitate to kiss my father in public. And thats how I tried to raise my children. Were physical. - Payne Stewart Quotes
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein Quotes
People said it would be the worst mistake of my life. I tried not to listen, but it stung me, being told Id never make it as a solo act. - Jody Watley Quotes
Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. - Douglas Macarthur Quotes
I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldnt even give me one because I didnt have my high school graduation. - Maureen Forrester Quotes
They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me. - Lawrence Taylor Quotes
Im not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldnt go to any other team. - Tim Hardaway Quotes
For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism. - Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes
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