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Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon... what it means to you.

~Christopher Mccandless

Topics: Circumstance How Meaning Means Personal Personal Relationship Phenomenon Relates Relationship Resides Situation True Value You

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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.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Topics: About Angry Circumstance Does Feel Forgiven Him How Instead Know Left Nothing Over Person Rage Rather Say She Sorrow Sorry Tend Than You

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Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.

~Clive Bell

Topics: Aesthetic Alliance Art Between Circumstance Ecstasy Escape Family Means Men Mind Rapture Religion Religious Roads Similar States Then Two Which

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To say that such-and-such a circumstance is 'Kafkaesque' is to admit to the denigration of an imagination that has burned a hole in what we take to be modernism - even in what we take to be the ordinary fabric and intent of language. Nothing is like 'The Hunger Artist.' Nothing is like 'The Metamorphosis.'

~Cynthia Ozick

Topics: Admit Artist Burned Circumstance Even Fabric Hole Hunger Imagination Intent Language Like Modernism Nothing Ordinary Say Take

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I had a unique circumstance in which my career was associated with George W. Bush, who went straight to the top. I went to work for him in October of 1993. So my whole identity in national politics is associated with this president, and you know, I kind of want to leave it that way. It's not tugging at me to go do the '08 cycle.

~Dan Bartlett

Topics: Associated Bush Career Circumstance Cycle George George W George W. Bush Go Had Him Identity Kind Know Leave Me National October Politics President Straight Top Unique Want Way Which Who Whole Work You

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I'm ashamed I didn't change my behavior until I was forced to do so by circumstance and by others. The reality is, I was stopped from further bad actions by those who spoke up about my offenses, at substantial risk to their personal and professional reputations... and subsequently, by Christine and others on the 500 team.

~Dave Mcclure

Topics: About Actions Ashamed Bad Behavior Change Circumstance Forced Further Others Personal Professional Reality Reputations Risk Spoke Stopped Subsequently Substantial Team Those Until Up Who

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I'm in favour of a sensible development of response units and their deployment in any circumstance where there may be a risk to the officers themselves or the neighbourhood they're in. I'm not in favour of a blanket arming of the police.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Any Blanket Circumstance Deployment Development Favour May Neighbourhood Officers Police Response Risk Sensible Themselves Units Where

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He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

~David Hume

Topics: Any Circumstance Circumstances Excellent Happy He His More Suit Suits Temper Who Whom

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George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted above ability because of circumstance and organisation and empathy. You don't have to be intelligent. A moron in a hurry could know that you don't prevent war by having a war.

~David Lange

Topics: Ability Above American Because Bush Circumstance Condition Could Empathy George George W George W. Bush Having Hurry Intelligent Know Moron Organisation Outcome Person Prevent Promoted Someone Ultimate War Who You

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With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Actor Any Character Circumstance Enough He Head Know Might Much Pretty Rear Say Situation Well Well Enough Whatever Would You Your

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