#trie

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself. ↗

— David Petraeus

#advanced #afghanistan #aspirations #capacity #countries

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. ↗

— Tom Petty

#bad #came #electric #electric guitar #first

When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas. ↗

— Emo Philips

#first #get #had #hot #i

We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing. ↗

— River Phoenix

#constantly #countries #different #different countries #feeling

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#any #blame #called #congress #ever

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#court #impartial #international #milosevic #proper

I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is. ↗

— Gene Pitney

#i #performer #tried

My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today. ↗

— Robert Plant

#became #copy #developed #girlish #haven

What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking. ↗

— David Plouffe

#family #friends #friends and family #neighbors #talking

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#first #last #lay #new #nor