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Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. (Gerrit Smith)
Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock. View quote
Giuliana Rancic
He doesn't have to love your CD collection. He doesn't have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family-especially when they're great. View quote
Greg Behrendt
Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them. View quote
George Ayittey
You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and thats what I attempt to do. View quote
Hill Harper
Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time. View quote
Hill Harper
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me. View quote
Ian Frazier
I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there. View quote
Ian Thorpe
A ghastly attempt at a smile, sure to send any normal person to a therapist. View quote
Ilona Andrews
Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?" "I find your attempt at levity inappropriate." "Consider me properly chastised. View quote
Ilona Andrews
Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change. (Jenny Shipley)
In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree. View quote
Jerry B. Jenkins
My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith. View quote
Jim Moran
I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor doesn't make some earnest attempt to include their own honest humanity in their collaboration with an author. It's so ugly to me that it hurts sometimes to see it happen. View quote
Jim Parrack
It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself. View quote
Jack Straw
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. View quote
Joe Wright
I'm really low maintenance for a girl. I pretty much shower, attempt to fix my hair, throw on some mineral make up, and go. View quote
Johanna Braddy
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait. View quote
John C. Stennis
Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse. View quote
John Conyers
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me. View quote
John Hawkes
I might attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different. (Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. View quote
Jacob T. Schwartz
The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category. View quote
John Sentamu
Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it. View quote
Joseph Howe
The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself. View quote
Joseph Sobran