#tried

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #being #cut #early #electricity

I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler. ↗

— Wilhelm Canaris

#criminal #did #duty #folly #hitler

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#being #direct #gets #guy #human

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell. ↗

— Will Carleton

#duty #heaven #hell #i #kept

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#could #deprived #economically #every #every time

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#christopher #douglas #follow #get #happens

I really tried out for the part of Harry Potter, but they ended up picking me for the part of the enemy of Harry. Actually it is really fun playing the bad kid because it just has so many interesting qualities to it. And Daniel Radcliffe and I get along really well off set so it's really fun filming. ↗

— Tom Felton

#along #bad #bad kid #because #daniel

I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#aura #buying #colors #did #done

Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#anything #could #far #had #i

I tried the broadcasting thing, the coaching thing, but I'll never replace the competitive feeling of being out on the field when we were players. ↗

— Gary Carter

#broadcasting #coaching #competitive #feeling #field