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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Quintilian
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson
Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me.
Jo Brand
They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.
William Henry Ashley
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
Jim Harrison
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Quintilian 
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson
59% of people like this quote
Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me.
Jo Brand
58% of people like this quote
They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.
William Henry Ashley
57% of people like this quote
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
Jim Harrison
56% of people like this quote
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.
Edward Hopper
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Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962 with a feeling like an artist balancing on a high rope without any interested spectators.
Richard Ernst
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The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.
Akhmad Kadyrov
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