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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.


Samuel Johnson


#attempting #display #does #every #every man

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.


Barbara Jordan


#attempting #fulfill #inflation #larger #larger scale

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.


Henry A. Kissinger


#attempting #blessed #destiny #eye #flinching

So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here.


Sally Schneider


#bit #equipment #especially #here #i

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with every day observation.


Joseph Stiglitz


#attempting #concerned #day #economic #every

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.


Ellen Tauscher


#arms #attempting #become #control #convince

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.


Carl Andre


#art #artist #attempting #because #common

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.


Richard King


#been #fact #films #horror #horror films

After mature consideration it was unanimously agreed, that, to prevent as much as possible their attempting to return and molest the settlers that may be set down on their lands, a sufficient number of vessels should be hired with all possible expedition for that purpose.


Charles Lawrence


#agreed #attempting #consideration #down #expedition

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.


Horatio Nelson


#any #attempting #consider #devil #enemy






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