#tryin

People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#colleagues #consider #cult #find #had

Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#became #cast #causes #character #connect

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#administration #am #best #come #else

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. ↗

— Gay Talese

#another day #better #chance #close #come

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#along #am #anyone #be prepared #become

They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That's the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#build #collaboration #hours #i #many

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy. ↗

— Ed Asner

#democracy #does #i #immeasurably #iraq

It seems a little self-involved to be like, 'Oh, he's hitting on me.' Maybe he's just trying to start up an innocent conversation. ↗

— Krista Allen

#hitting #innocent #just #like #little

The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft. ↗

— John Pistole

#affiliates #air #aircraft #al #bring

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#trial-and-error #trying #perseverance