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I need a consistency of my moods if there is to be any consistency in my style. I can't attempt to write always in the hollow flux of desperation and incipient terror. Jim Carroll
Desperation Consistency Style Flux Moods Write Attempt Terror Always Any Hollow Need
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. Jim Moran
War Faith Political Achieve Party Community Sphere Objective Point Remains Attempt Make Within Opposed Political Party Same Influence Anyone Whether Explanation Working Who
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. Jim Parrack
Life Me Humanity Lie People Sometimes Ugly Hurts Own Earnest Collaboration See Some Attempt Never Know Make Understand Author Where Dishonest Happen Theater Themselves Appeal Include Actor Why Honest
'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The book is really an attempt at explaining the impact of my childhood on myself and the ones I loved as an adult. Jimmy Barnes
Myself Class Man Book Memoir Impact Adult Attempt Boy Continuation Off Left Childhood Where Loved Story Explaining Really Working Working-Class Second
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. Joe Wright
Work Presume Something Through Attempt Know Learn Lots
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. Johanna Braddy
Girl Hair Mineral Some Pretty Throw Attempt Maintenance Make Make Up Go Up Fix Low Much Really Shower
A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to construct an event in itself. John Berger
Work Seen Finished Drawing Record Construct Finished Work Attempt Remembered Discovery Itself Autobiographical Either Event Imagined
You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent. John Brough
You Free Else Side Folly Attempt Continent Exist Confederacy Anything Anything Else Cannot Things Slave
I will not attempt to show that it would be a great evil to increase the patronage of the Executive. It is already enormously great, as every man of every party must acknowledge, if he would candidly express his sentiments. John C. Calhoun
Great Man Will Evil Party Every Increase Great Evil Must Would Would-Be Attempt He Executive His Acknowledge Patronage Sentiments Show Express Every Man
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented. John C. Maxwell
Life People Political Leader Looking Style Summarize Philosophical Immediately Critics High-Profile Attempt Caught Camp Up Person Get Dies Often Whenever Which Sentence
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. John C. Stennis
Nation Would Restrict Through Attempt Traffic Any Strait Helpful International Suggest
You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players. John Dorsey
Good You Yourself Better Attempt Football Football Players Always Getting Players
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. John Hawkes
Saying Me Achievement Year Every Our Bores Seems Civilisation Crowning Attempt Like Makes Done Just Story Interested Hollywood Really Manson Less
My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success. John Legend
Success Men Girl Kiss First Later More Attempt Had Songs Come Well Go Grade Fifth Used
If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state. John Ralston Saul
Democracy Capitalism Natural Will Free State System Run Corrupt Attempt Allowed Undermine After Which Social Natural State Social System
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story here. We are being called to a radical act of empathy. Here we are, embarking on an ancient, perennial attempt to give human lives - our lives - dignity. Jonathan Safran Foer
Dignity Memory Book Law Radical Living Our Our Lives Embarking Ancient Torah Telling Give Perennial Attempt Empathy Merely Text Human Being Story Act Foundational Lives Here Jewish
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written. Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Bible People Will Reading Oppose Everywhere Would Find Prevent Attempt Written Nevertheless Clergymen Opposition Effort Truths Much Regretted Teach Many Deeply Here
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt. Joseph Heller
Live Attempt Had He Forever Die Decided
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. Joseph Howe
Judge Law Circle Power Submit Enough Daring Would Shadow Could Attempt Never Empire Within Judicial Occur Privilege Jury Again Even Found Wide British
I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive. Joseph Lancaster
Education Made Design Society Guide Would Spirit Purpose Attempt Render Am Improve Any Committee Poor Persuaded Should Resolution
I think, almost, the film industry thinks that by making gay characters super masculine, it's an attempt at saying being gay is OK if you act like straight people. I don't think we should just have gay characters who are 100 percent femme, either. I just think it's about that mix and creating more diverse gay characters. Josie Totah
Saying Gay You People Think OK Characters Super About Percent Diverse More Attempt Masculine Almost Like Industry Making Femme Mix Just Being Either Straight Straight People Creating Should Act Who Film Film Industry Thinks
Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. Joyce Appleby
Knowledge Try Inseparable Attempt Suppress Contention Creating Should Avoid
Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything). Julie Burchill
Women Big Become Enough Disservice Righteous Bad Running Somehow Attempt Around Anything Sweating Themselves Means Believing Thin Fat
It's not new to attempt to vilify the minority that speaks about their oppression. That's not a new thing. Justin Simien
Oppression Minority About Attempt New New Thing Speaks Vilify Thing
Canceling my landline phone account, cutting off service to my home for good, and rendering the telephones that had long sat on tables in every room as useless as my closeted bread machine, I took the final step in a lifelong attempt to free myself from the wires that tethered me. Kara Swisher
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Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face. Karen Salmansohn
You Yourself Face Think Way About Attempt Feel Escape Really Using Need Chances
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