Quotes 81 till 100 of 133.
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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.
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Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.
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Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
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Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.
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Sometimes, thinking on your feet can be the most creative. Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. Some of the most successful shows come out of shoestring invention.
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Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
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That could be solved, Siri said, Perhaps it would help if you refrained from speaking when others are present. I think I should find you quite amiable in those circumstances.
Warbreaker (2009) -
That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing.
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The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
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The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in our turn.
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The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
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The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.
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The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest.
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The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null.
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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
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The point of aim for our vigilance to hold in view is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when running upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances surrounding us.
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.
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The protests and pain over the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown had me wondering if we can ever experience the world as others do. For no matter how disputed the circumstances of both cases, many people see what happened in black and white.
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