#tryin

There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention. ↗

— Charles Guggenheim

#because #been #convention #crimes #escape

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict. ↗

— Fannie Lou Hamer

#get together #got #i #inflict #inflicted

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#every #every day #forward #getting #i

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#conflict #deal #drama #issues #lives

If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying. ↗

— Coleman Hawkins

#mistakes #really #trying #you

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. ↗

— Levon Helm

#grades #high #high school #i #me

Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. ↗

— Anita Hill

#course #fortunately #had #helped #i

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#add #big #big difference #cannot #daily

It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#best #better #bigger #cars #children

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well - at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz. ↗

— Thierry Henry

#ahead #also #american #american football #baseball