The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent. — Peter Conrad Copy Share Image
“If you do not control your circumstance, you will be controlled by your circumstance. The choice is yours.” — Tami B Harriott Copy Share Image
George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted above ability because of circumstance and… — David Lange Copy Share Image
To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life.… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“So you believe in fate,” I say. Dr. Mann pauses thoughtfully before answering. “I believe each of us was uniquely created for… — Lauren Miller Copy Share Image
“There is always a solution to any problem. Find opportunities in any circumstance. Never become a victim.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
There's an appreciation of the whole picture of life as opposed to just ambition and circumstance and all the stuff that happens… — Wayne Knight Copy Share Image
I'm in favour of a sensible development of response units and their deployment in any circumstance where there may be a risk… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
If we have a very strong commitment, so that we can trust ourselves and be beacons of trust for others no matter… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“I suddenly realized that if we are sitting around waiting — maybe even begging and pleading — for our circumstances to change… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the perfect meal is when those things come together - circumstance, the food, ambiance, and you're with the person that you… — Grant Achatz Copy Share Image
“It's normal for us to become unhappy for a while due to how circumstances in life treat us, but it is ungodly… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
“Every human is born of collusion. We come into this world the result of a covenant. Sometimes made of love, Sometimes of… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
A circumstance that I was dealing with when recording my second album was I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. — Julie Roberts Copy Share Image
To me, families are puzzles that take a lifetime to work out - or not, as often is the case - and… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“The return of solitude was not quite as Dina expected it to be. These many years I made a virtue of inescapable… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
