#tried

The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way they did it was to say, the Jews killed our hero too. And so Christians began to define themselves over against the orthodox party of the Jews as a way of surviving against the Roman onslaught. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#began #christians #crowd #define #did

In the sequence where I am burned at the stake, everything was so casual and hazardous that the bottom of my dress caught fire, and the grips became hysterical as they tried to pull me off the stake. ↗

— Barbara Steele

#became #bottom #burned #casual #caught

One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change. ↗

— Peter Steele

#aspect #band #change #consistent #i

The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#best #cared #characteristics #compassionate #ensure

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#anybody #because #been #campaign #coming

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#career #everything #i #i tried #look

I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years. ↗

— George Strait

#could #find #fit #great #great people

Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting. ↗

— Pat Summerall

#broadcasting #every #everything #facet #got

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal. ↗

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

#ideal #tried #true

The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#bible #change #close #commandments #convictions