If at first you don't succeed

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If at first you don't succeed, (try, try, and try again).

something that you say in order to tell someone they must keep trying in order to achieve something My novel has been rejected by three publishers already. Still, if at first you don't succeed ...

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try to find a flamboyant Egyptian retail magnate to lead you through the divisions. PICK OF THE DAY by The Racing Post (London, England) Tottenham's anthem against Arsenal is the same as the punter's - if at first you don't succeed, fail, fail, fail again. RESULT!: Fergie's Upton Park downers; IN ASSOCIATION WITH William HILL by The Mirror (London, England) Byline: Tony Weedon THAT old maxim if at first you don't succeed try, try again was never more factual with the announcement that the so called "green passport vessel" HMS Intrepid is to be dismantled at the Canada Graving Dock. Letter: Dangerous cargo by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			ice ice down ice over ice up iceberg icing icing on the cake idea identify identify as identify by identify with idle idle about idle away idle brain is the devil's workshop Idle people have the least leisure Idleness is the root of all evil idolize as if if a day If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well if all else fails If anything can go wrong, it will if anything should happen If at first you don't succeed If at first you don't succeed, try, try again if can help it If can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen If frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times If ifs and ands were pots and pans if it ain't broke, don't fix it If it ain't chickens, it's feathers if it comes to the crunch If it looks like a duck and walks etc. like a duck, it is a duck If it was a snake it woulda bit you if it weren't for if knows what's good for if looks could kill if memory serves If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must come to ... if my memory serves me correctly if need be if one knows what's good for one if push comes to shove If that don't beat a pig a-pecking! If that don't beat all! If the cap fits If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ...			if if if If (island) If (island) If (song) If (song) If (song) if (the) worst comes to (the) worst if (the) worst comes to (the) worst If . . . If . . . If . . . if a day If a student is accused of something, can they see picture evidence? If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well If a toady frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass if all else fails if all else fails If All Else Fails Read the Manual If All Goes Well If and only if if and only if operation If and When If anything can go wrong, it will If anything can go wrong, it will if anything happens if anything should happen If Approach Missed, Proceed .... If At All Possible If at first you don't succeed If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Try Again If at first you don't succeed, try, try again if can help it If can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen IF canceler if catches a cold, gets pneumonia If Destroyed Always True If Destroyed Still True If Destroyed True; If Not Destroyed True If Everything Had Been Different If Flight Visibility Becomes Less Than If frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts IF Game If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him If God's Willing If GT Never Occurred if he is a day if he is a day if he is a day if he is a day If I Am Not Mistaken If I Am Right If I Am Wrong If I Can Remember/Recall Correctly If I Counted Correctly If I Die Before I Wake If I Do Say So Myself

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