- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attempted Quotes
On the risk, and the honesty, of simply trying.
This collection of attempted quotes ranges from a frontier warning about advancing too soon into danger to a sharper truth about public life: an attempted cover-up often causes more damage than the original mistake. It connects to our Believe collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a story-based artiste. So I would opt for the performance-oriented role. I usually go by intuition while choosing a script. Also, I do not analyse my performance, nor do I bother about how my film has been performing at the box office. I personally love challenges and am game for taking up things which I haven't attempted before.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
Launching a ground war against Iran would require hundreds of thousands of troops for a 'regime change followed by nation-building' operation, as we attempted in Iraq. Iran has a much more modern military, more than double Iraq's population, and almost four times the landmass.
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
As with any new and innovative industry, entrenched interests - particularly the hotel industry - have attempted to squash the home-sharing movement.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me.
- Assassinate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America.
- Habitual
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had friendships with two people in my life who, when I attempted to do my habitual behavior of building a case to break up with them, wouldn't allow me to do it. They both said to me, 'I'm not going anywhere.' And that moved me so deeply.
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I could sing like a Chaka Khan, an Aretha, a Kim Burrell, if I could do all these amazing runs and belt it out, I would. I've attempted that, and it's not something anyone would want to hear.
- Closeness
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- Nov 07, 2020