#tried

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#development #i #into #keep #minimal

I've always just worked and tried to do as good a job as possible so that the people who are watching me took notice. That's what's helped me be successful today. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#good #helped #i #job #just

Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#boss #decides #i #i tried #just

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#better #ever #fail #failed #matter

I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain. ↗

— Jessica Biel

#child #cut #dead #dragged #home

My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

#closed #door #get #i #i tried

The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very sobering. We studied and tried to re-create all the stuff that we all saw that day. ↗

— Timothy Bottoms

#crisis #day #dc #film #get

I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours, and then I'd always finish up with a tutor. I couldn't do full days, but I tried to maintain my friendships and some normalcy while doing a show. ↗

— Candace Cameron Bure

#couple #days #did #doing #finish

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#i tried #life #live #may #my life

Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; he wants to get rid of me. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#force #get #his #his way #i