#succeeded

There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua? ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bringing #contra #economic justice #government #had

Neither Rainer Werner, nor any of us could have succeeded, or produced the number of films that we did, just on our own. We showed our films to each other, discussed them vigorously and rarely agreed. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#any #could #did #discussed #each

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#colleagues #confusing #controversy #cut #enormous

Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there some disturbing circumstances from one or more factors which distorted the result? ↗

— Pieter Zeeman

#circumstances #distorted #disturbing #factors #had

There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on television during the Bush presidency. It was a really good tour. It seemed maybe about a week too long. ↗

— Frank Rich

#agencies #been #bush #bush presidency #cases

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon. ↗

— Shania Twain

#anytime #as far as #cliffs #concerned #could

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#bores #chivalry #dragons #past #succeeded

Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

#how #i #i believe #i believe the #important

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ↗