Quotes with tragedy-in-the-making

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  • Angela Carter It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Bennett Miller It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.
    Bennett Miller
    American film director (1966 - )
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  • Carrie Mae Weems It's impossible to change the social without changing the personal - you have to put your money where your mouth is. And if you're not making those challenges at home, it's unlikely you'll make them in a larger setting.
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  • Adam Grant It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.
    Adam Grant
    American author and professor (1981 - )
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  • Bernhard Langer It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.
    Bernhard Langer
    German professional golfer (1957 - )
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  • Boethius It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,' says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good time pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of time, like the best, are always passing away.
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Beth Ditto It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Billy Porter Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.
    Billy Porter
    American actor and singer (1969 - )
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  • Billy Porter Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.
    Billy Porter
    American actor and singer (1969 - )
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  • Clarence Darrow Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Benny Green Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen.
    Benny Green
    American musician
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  • Bill Frist Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Bea Arthur Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian (1922 - 2009)
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  • Antonia Fraser King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Ann Landers Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
    Ann Landers
    American columnist (1918 - 2002)
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  • D. H. Lawrence Knowledge has killed the sun, making it a ball of gas, with spots.
    Lady Chatterley's Lover
    D. H. Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Arthur E. Morgan Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.
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  • Margaret Sackville Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.
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  • Carol Shields Learning to skip has brought control into her life. Whenever she feels all sad, she switches into this wholly happy gait, sliding, hopping, and sliding again; when doing this, it seems as though her head separates from her body, making her feel dizzy and emptied out of bad thoughts. Does anyone else know this trick, she wonders? Probably not, although her Mother sometimes smiles and waves from the window.
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Abba Eban Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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