#i tried

I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#big break #bit #break #could #eat

I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#available #hard #his #i #i tried

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#emphasize #i #i tried #interest #make

I tried. But not everybody thought so. ↗

— Andrew Young

#i #i tried #thought #tried

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. ↗

— Dimebag Darrell

#come #different #different things #find #hear

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#forgive #forgiven #harbored #i #i tried

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#catholic school #down #first #first time #football

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#believed #doing #doors #down #ended

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

#hard #i #i tried #interesting #kind

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group