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I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.

~Carl Barks

Topics: Always Circumstances Donald Everybody Everything Felt He Him Identify Like Make Makes Many Mistakes Myself Person Same Same Mistakes States United United States Unlucky Victim Who

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We are all multidimensional and kind of have dual personalities. Everyone puts on different roles depending on what circumstances they're in without even noticing that they do that.

~Carla Gugino

Topics: Circumstances Depending Different Different Roles Dual Even Everyone Kind Noticing Personalities Puts Roles Without

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A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

~Carly Fiorina

Topics: Against Any Any Circumstances Circumstances Everybody Hard Harder Merger Off Pull You

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I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

~Carol Burnett

Topics: Asked Burst Circumstances Controlled Guard Gun Now Once Only Tarzan Yell

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Ishmael Beah was born and spent his childhood in Sierra Leone as that sad but beautiful West African country was ravaged by a civil war that left some 50,000 dead between 1991 and 2002. He was a child soldier for a while, then, through extraordinary circumstances, was set free of that life.

~Carolyn See

Topics: African Beautiful Between Born Child Childhood Circumstances Civil Civil War Country Dead Extraordinary Extraordinary Circumstances Free He His Left Life Sad Set Sierra Sierra Leone Soldier Some Spent Then Through War West While

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But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.

~Carre Otis

Topics: Balls Beautiful Both Circumstances Come Current Curve Expect Expect The Unexpected Inevitably Karma Life Remind Throws Understand Unexpected Unfolding Us

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I think there is a long exploration in American drama of women in particular who, by force of circumstances or because they are predisposed to, choose fantasy over reality.

~Cate Blanchett

Topics: American Because Choose Circumstances Drama Exploration Fantasy Force Long Over Particular Reality Think Who Women I Think

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In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

~Catherine The Great

Topics: Capable Circumstances Conjecture Guided Must Politics Ruler

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In order that punishment should not be an act of violence perpetrated by one or many upon a private citizen, it is essential that it should be public, speedy, necessary, the minimum possible in the given circumstances, proportionate to the crime, and determined by the law.

~Cesare Beccaria

Topics: Act Circumstances Citizen Crime Determined Essential Given Law Many Minimum Necessary Order Possible Private Public Punishment Should Violence

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Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

~Cesare Pavese

Topics: Addition Answer Chain Circumstances Complicated Find First Involving Like Living Long Make Means Mistake Never Oneself Out Right Sum Two Will Working You

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