#tried

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. ↗

— Sandy Koufax

#baseball #being #necessary #never #people

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#ads #anyone #applications #book #children

We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#because #catch #know #mistake #most

In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#days #designed #distress #early #economical

Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#anything #could #had #hanging #him

Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history. ↗

— Thuy Trang

#everything #got #history #i #i tried

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#although #argue #came #certainly #excesses

We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#had #like #make #movie #sex

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#first #fit #got #i #i tried

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace. ↗

— Grete Waitz

#family #got #i #i tried #into