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- Nov 07, 2020
Tried Quotes
Effort, fairness, and refusing to quit.
These quotes move between the legal sense of being fairly tried and the everyday sense of simply giving something a try, like body surfing. See Experience quotes for more on firsthand attempts.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.
- Particular
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.
- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried very hard to be thought of as a serious actor.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!
- Nov 07, 2020
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
- Pray
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've never tried drugs, don't. And if you have, pray.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020