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No one knows what he can do until he tries. ↗

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have. ↗

In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#book #breathing #character #her #i

No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#democratic #friendly #longer #necessarily #oil

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#allowed #between #capital #commerce #countries

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

#afraid #armed #arms #being #citizens

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#art #deep #deep feeling #express #feeling

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. ↗

— George Osborne

#countries #divine #richest #right #world

Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#banned #being #carried #committed #countries

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?' ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#always #bit #goal #goalkeeper #him