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Tries Quotes (page 271)

But his political sense kept up a persistent itch that said: A, Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in politics as astute maneuvering; B, Crisis always drew insects; and, C, Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it. C. J. Cherryh
He struck his temples with his fists and screamed: 'Haven't you ever seen a goddam DC converter? You can get them at Radio Shack for three bucks! Are you seriously trying to tell me you couldn't have made a simple DC converter when you can make your tractor fly and your typewriter run on telepathy? Are you? 'Nobody thought of it!' she screamed suddenly. Stephen King
One entered the world, Denis pursued, having ready-made ideas about everything. One had a philosophy and tried to make life fit into it. One should have lived first and then made one's philosophy to fit life...Life, facts, things were horribly complicated; ideas, even the most difficult of them, deceptively simple. In the world of ideas, everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled. Was it surprising that one was miserable, horribly unhappy? Aldous Huxley
Culture had worked in her own case, but during the last few weeks she had doubted whether it humanized the majority, so wide and so widening is the gulf that stretches between the natural and the philosophic man, so many the good chaps who are wrecked in trying to cross it. E. M. Forster
Frederic Bastiat quote: "The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to..."
The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. Frederic Bastiat
E. L. Doctorow quote: "I’ve had very little experience in my life. In fact, I try to..."
I’ve had very little experience in my life. In fact, I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad. E. L. Doctorow
Susan's gotta poker, you know," it said, as if anxious to be helpful. WELL, WELL. INDEED. MY GOODNESS ME."I fort-thought all of you knew that now. Larst-last week she picked up a bogey by its nose."Death tried to imagine this. He felt sure he'd heard the sentence wrong, but it didn't sound a whole lot better however he rearranged the words. Terry Prachett
John Irving quote: "I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy..."
I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again; forever. John Irving
I recognized my work for what it was--as unimportant a drug as cigarettes to get one through the weeks and years. If we are extinguished by death, as I still try to believe, what point is there in leaving some books behind any more than bottles, clothes, or cheap jewellry? Graham Greene
When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision that's not familiar. But I'm not trying to manipulate reality. This is just what I see and hear. Don DeLillo
Rumi quote: "You have forgotten the Onewho doesn't care about ownership,..."
You have forgotten the Onewho doesn't care about ownership, who doesn't try to turn a profitfrom every human exchange. Rumi
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope for is to find along the way someone to share the path, content to walk in silence, for the heart communes best when it does not try to speak. Margaret Weis
The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever. May Sarton
Lady Gaga quote: "And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a..."
And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time. Lady Gaga
James Joyce quote: "History ... is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake."
History ... is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake. James Joyce

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