#tried

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. ↗

— Tom Petty

#bad #came #electric #electric guitar #first

When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas. ↗

— Emo Philips

#first #get #had #hot #i

What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking. ↗

— David Plouffe

#family #friends #friends and family #neighbors #talking

I tried Botox one time and was permanently surprised for a couple of months. It was not a cute look for me. My feeling is, I have three children who should know what emotion I'm feeling at the exact moment I'm feeling it... that is critical. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#children #couple #critical #cute #emotion

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#best #i #i always #i tried #knew

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#back #been #business #businesses #call

When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know. ↗

— Al Roker

#dad #disney #first #getting #gifts

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

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#hard #never #succeed #tried #worse

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ↗

— Mae West

#always #before #between #evils #i