#succeeded

Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#being #brought #detail #entertained #familiar

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#cart #even #hopeless #inspection #into

I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life. ↗

— Phil Hartman

#beyond #dreams #financially #fun #i

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question. ↗

— Lamar Hunt

#answer #asked #fastest #get #growing

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#generating #great #joy #multiplying #opportunities

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. ↗

— Merle Shain

#act #begs #blessing #either #gives

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#best #know #me #never #succeeded

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

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