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In the earlier years of my career, I made my own attempts to fit in and be accepted as one of the tribe of Sand Hill Road guys.

~Chris Sacca

Topics: Accepted Attempts Career Earlier Fit Guys Hill Made My Own Own Road Sand Tribe Years

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Any brand that attempts to live off a retro appeal is only going through a short second life cycle.

~Christie Hefner

Topics: Any Appeal Attempts Brand Cycle Going Life Live Off Only Retro Second Short Through

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You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.

~Chuck D

Topics: Always Attempts Away Before Did Going Keep Like Make Move Popularity Really Sake Similarities Some Sound Strong You Yourself

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There have been lots of attempts to make a movie of 'Les Miserables' over the years.

~Colm Wilkinson

Topics: Attempts Been Les Les Miserables Lots Make Movie Over Years

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We must effectively counter Moscow's attempts at influence with American strength and resolve, certainly not with a weak approach to President Putin or with any relief from sanctions.

~Dan Lipinski

Topics: American Any Approach Attempts Certainly Counter Effectively Influence Moscow Must President Putin Relief Resolve Sanctions Strength Weak

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In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Affair Anything Attempts Beliefs Countrymen Day Few His Knew Lincoln Meetings Prayer President Private Public Religion Religious Religious Beliefs Religious Right Right Very Were Woo

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Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Adoration Attempts Connected Contradictions Corresponding Criticism Daughters Devilish Even Feel Grown Help Hurt Interference Just Matched Mixed Mothers Only Overwhelming Responsibility Sense Stay Well-Being Women

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In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Attempts Away Closeness Confirmation Consensus Conversations Give Negotiations Others People Protect Push Reach Seek Support Them Themselves Try Which World

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The Chinese need to be held accountable for their continued attempts to steal IP and trade secrets through cyber-intrusions into commercial companies.

~Dmitri Alperovitch

Topics: Accountable Attempts Chinese Commercial Companies Continue Held Ip Need Secrets Steal Through Trade

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At the age of seventeen, I left school. I went to university, and I wrote my first attempts at poetry in a room in a flat at the edge of the city.

~Eavan Boland

Topics: Age Attempts City Edge First Flat Left Poetry Room School Seventeen University Wrote

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