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If cleverness has often been a sign of decadence throughout history, the attempt to be too clever by half is an even more reliable marker of cultural decline.

~Bill Kristol

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Somebody's real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.

~Billy West

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An early attempt at education choice was charter schools. These were meant to attract the best and brightest students and provide them a level of education they often could not find in their local school districts. The problem is that, of the thousands of charter schools, many are outright failures.

~Bob Beckel

Topics: Attempt Attract Best Brightest Charter Charter Schools Choice Could Districts Early Education Failures Find Level Local Many Meant Often Outright Problem Provide School Schools Students Them Thousands Were

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I am dying not just to attempt to end the barbarity of H-blocks or to gain the rightful recognition of political prisoners, but primarily because what is lost here is lost for the Republic.

~Bobby Sands

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In the early years of America's skyjacking epidemic, the airlines were reluctant to let the FBI attempt to end hijackings by force; they feared that innocents would get caught in the crossfire, thereby sparking a wave of negative publicity.

~Brendan I. Koerner

Topics: Airlines America Attempt Caught Early Early Years End Epidemic Feared Force Get Innocents Negative Publicity Reluctant Thereby Wave Were Would Years Fbi

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If you look back at when things like tablets and smartphones were first invented, or the Newton at Apple, that was the first attempt at VR. We didn't even have 3D GPUS, or were just getting them.

~Brendan Iribe

Topics: Apple Attempt Back Even First Getting Invented Just Like Look Newton Tablets Them Things Were You Vr

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Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can't cheat real connection. It's built up slowly. It's about trust and time.

~Brene Brown

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In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

~Brian Ferneyhough

Topics: Attempt Back Both Different Formal Historical My Own Own Precedent Quite Recent Refer Sets Strategies String Trio Two Ultimately Which

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I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.

~Brian Ferneyhough

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Our rational minds often attempt to minimise or negate the mystical encounters. We forget the power of our experiences. We must embrace the reality of that event, which is a miracle.

~Brian Weiss

Topics: Attempt Embrace Encounters Event Experiences Forget Minds Miracle Must Mystical Often Our Power Rational Reality Which

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