Trying Quotes - Page 7

• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

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• Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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• Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.

  Saint Augustine

  Brother, Believe, Saint

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• It never ceases to amaze me how many folks jump right over "I'll try" to "I can't.

  Julia Spencer-Fleming

  Folks, I Can, Cease

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• There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something...All this talk about rules...When the deal goes down...we make 'em up as we go along.

  Alcee Hastings

  Ems, Accomplish, Deals

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• Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empires… But what history really shows is that today`s empire is tomorrow`s ashes, that nothing lasts forever, and that to not resist is to acquiesce in your own oppression. The greatest form of sanity that anyone can exercise is to resist that force that is trying to repress, oppress, and fight down the human spirit.

  Mumia Abu-Jamal

  Believe, Fighting, Exercise

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• I try to tell a story musically in a song.

  Barry White

  Song, Stories

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

  Rick James

  Roots, Progressive, Funk

  FaceBook post by Rick James from Jan 06, 2014

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• I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

  Rick James

  Mean, Men, Made

  FaceBook post by Rick James from Feb 18, 2017

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• I think the difference the Jimmy Carter presidency and the Obama regime is navet and maliciousness. I think this is purposeful maliciousness. That's why what you're seeing now in this administration. I don't think they care for this country. And I think they're trying to make it into some kind of third-world socialistic cesspool. I think they are willing to get in bed with any dictator or despotic ruler that they see.

  Allen West

  Country, Thinking, Differences

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• That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Life, Reality, World

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• I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Etc, Technique, Orbit

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• When you have it, you spend it. The mistake is to try to spend it when you haven't got it.

  Charlie McCreevy

  Mistake, Havens

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• If you think there is such a thing as an unimportant game, just try losing one.

  Gene Stallings

  Thinking, Games, Alabama Football

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• There is no way that me or anyone else could be like Coach Bryant. I think it would be ridiculous for anyone to try.

  Ray Perkins

  Thinking, Would Be, Way

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• A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won’t go, men lose their tempers and beat it; if a machine won’t go, there is no use beating it. You have to think and try till you find what is wrong. That is real education.

  Gilbert Murray

  Horse, Real, Men

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• I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Moving, Commitment

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• I'd be worried if I was put in the same category as Michael Bubl I'm trying to sound like a young man, for starters.

  Jamie Cullum

  Men, Sound, Worried

  "Fly me to the croon - the style that never goes out of fashion" by Martin Deeson, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2014.

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• The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

  Trick Daddy

  Media, Get Money

  "Trick Daddy denies beef with Rick Ross, says he's not responsible for prison-guard rumors" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 28, 2008.

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• Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world, and each other, they're relevant.

  Trent Reznor

  Weekend, Media, Yuck

  "Echo Chamber: Trent Reznor" by Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2010.

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