#tried

Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together. ↗

— Jewel

#always #big #business #career #could

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#conquered #culture #enforce #grabbed #history

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design. ↗

— Mikhail Kalashnikov

#different #dozen #final #i #i tried

I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too. ↗

— Al Kaline

#chances #fairly #good #high #i

I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day. ↗

— Keira Knightley

#cried #day #desperately #every #every day

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. ↗

— David Knopfler

#behind #best #craft #create #curtain

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney. ↗

— Don Knotts

#barney #faces #happy #i #i tried

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

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

I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense. ↗

— John Warner

#am #breach #common #common sense #confidentiality