"Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility."
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"The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves."
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"Saying "I'll try" really means "I'm not really committed.""
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"You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to sell it."
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"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."
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"Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
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"For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave."
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"No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government."
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"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company."
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"Be yourself. Because if people don't like you as you are, they're not going to like you as somebody you're trying to be."
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"If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy."
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"I'm just trying to matter."
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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician."
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"I love trying things and discovering how I hate them."
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"Do not try to seem wise to others."
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"Whenever I try to spell 'banana,' I feel stupid because I don't know when to end it."
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"The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys."
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"The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is like trying to clutch water in one's hands - the harder one grips, the faster it slips through one's fingers."
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"Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken."
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"Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb."
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