Rene Descartes
Philosopher, Mathematician
"To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them."
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Attempting
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John Lewis
Politician
"People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote."
Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion Designer, Photographer
"Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young."
Angela Davis
Political Activist, Scholar
"You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now."
Kanye West
Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
"Taking 1,000 meetings attempting to get backing to do clothing."
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"If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him."
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"Attempting to identify with the source is an idea. You are already that."
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"A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right."
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"This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases."
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"Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail."
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"Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel."
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"I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do."
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