I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events. ~By Michael Nyman ~
Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes. ~By Mother Maribel ~
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research. ~By Joshua Leonard ~
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. ~By Fritz Kreisler ~
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~By Milton Friedman ~
Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. ~By Johann G. Seume ~
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. ~By Edmund Burke ~
I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical research. ~By John Forbes Nash, Jr. ~
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. ~By Jackie Chan ~
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live. ~By Omar N. Bradley ~
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. ~By James Russell Lowell ~
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances. ~By Christopher Dodd ~
Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate. ~By Olympia Brown ~
The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten. ~By James Hillman ~
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. ~By Thomas Jefferson ~
The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity to adapt to them. ~By Christian Lous Lange ~
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. ~By Lafcadio Hearn ~
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. ~By Samuel Butler ~
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. ~By Charles Babbage ~
I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible. ~By Todd Gitlin ~
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen. ~By Edward Zwick ~
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. ~By Henry Fielding ~
When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. ~By Dougray Scott ~
Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day. ~By Daniel Boone ~
Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances. ~By Samuel E. Morison ~
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. ~By Charles Babbage ~
History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances. ~By Donald Creighton ~
We, too, must change as circumstances evolve. ~By Baldwin Spencer ~
The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it. ~By Stu Jackson ~
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. ~By Sidney Poitier ~
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little. ~By Martin Farquhar Tupper ~
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ~By Sam Rayburn ~
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~By Hugh Downs ~
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime. ~By Gijs de Vries ~
Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances. ~By Frank Lloyd Wright ~
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. ~By Barbara Kruger ~
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~By Bruce Lee ~
Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever. ~By Lajos Kossuth ~
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. ~By George Boole ~
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. ~By Derek Bailey ~
I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. ~By Joshua Chamberlain ~
We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance. ~By William Stephenson ~
As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. ~By James Hillman ~
I was born in very sorry circumstances. ~By Norman Wisdom ~
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. ~By Napoleon Bonaparte ~
I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying. ~By Gregory Harrison ~
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world. ~By Alice Duer Miller ~
There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are. ~By Dennis Prager ~
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life. ~By William Kingdon Clifford ~
I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other. ~By Ben Chandler ~
Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls. ~By James L. Buckley ~
I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that. ~By Hugh Shelton ~
The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing. ~By William Falconer ~
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. ~By Adam Weishaupt ~
This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets. ~By Jack Abramoff ~
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ~By B. F. Skinner ~
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ~By Horace ~
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. ~By John Drinkwater ~
However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there. ~By Hassan Nasrallah ~
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude. ~By Alfred North Whitehead ~
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. ~By Edmund Burke ~
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ~By Aristotle ~
Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry. ~By Gilbert Parker ~
For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment. ~By Richard Leakey ~
There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today. ~By Jackie Stewart ~
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. ~By Clarissa Pinkola Estes ~
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. ~By Marquis De Custine ~
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances. ~By Rachel Corrie ~
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ~By Benjamin Franklin ~
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. ~By David Hume ~
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. ~By Thomas Jefferson ~
It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views. ~By Morris Raphael Cohen ~
We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ~By William Hazlitt ~
If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it. ~By James Forrestal ~
I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance. ~By Sarah Ferguson ~
Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances. ~By Abraham Tucker ~
Man is the creature of circumstances. ~By Robert Owen ~
In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. ~By Margaret Halsey ~
If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl. ~By Peter Sarsgaard ~
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ~By Mark Twain ~
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ~By Jean Paul ~
At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly. ~By Fritz Sauckel ~
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. ~By Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. ~By Robertson Davies ~
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. ~By James A. Baldwin ~
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers. ~By Feisal Abdul Rauf ~
So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do. ~By Mother Maribel ~
There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control. ~By Edward Zwick ~
And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ~By Janet Napolitano ~
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance. ~By Pat Robertson ~
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. ~By Miguel Angel Ruiz ~
We have learnt through experience that when an electrical ray strikes the surface of an atom, an electron, and in some circumstances a second and even a third electron, can be detached. ~By Johannes Stark ~
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. ~By Samuel Lover ~
Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make. ~By Puff Daddy ~
Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her. ~By Richard Carlson ~
When the circumstances are right, everything becomes a dance. ~By Lynette Fromme ~
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. ~By James Allen ~
I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously. ~By Colin Firth ~
I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so. ~By Bram Fischer ~
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