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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. Rockefeller
I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should.
Timothy Hutton
I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.
Todd Barry
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West
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I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
Charles Darwin 
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
73% of people like this quote
I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.
Rupert Holmes
73% of people like this quote
Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years.
Andy Hertzfeld
69% of people like this quote
Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
Randy Newman
68% of people like this quote
My femininity is always something I've tried to preserve in this dog-eat-dog world.
Margaret Smith Court
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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
68% of people like this quote
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
George Edward Woodberry
67% of people like this quote
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Robert Benchley
67% of people like this quote
In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
Brad Paisley
66% of people like this quote
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