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title: "10 Happened Different Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/history-isn-t-just-what-happened-but-what-happened-to-whom-and-why/)

[David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/)

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> [There is a sort of mythology that grows up about what happened, which is different from what really did happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-higgs/there-is-a-sort-of-mythology-that-grows-up-about-what-happened-which/)

[Peter Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-higgs/)

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> [In the beginning of my career, I've always had plans, dates, the year I wanted to become champion, but things happened different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-burns/in-the-beginning-of-my-career-i-ve-always-had-plans-dates-the-year-i/)

[Gilbert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-burns/)

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> [You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/you-know-i-auditioned-for-titanic-sometimes-i-muse-on-what-would-have/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

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> ['1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/1984-is-not-a-wonder-tale-not-only-could-it-happen-but-it-has/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/forgiveness-is-giving-up-the-hope-of-what-happened-to-you-from-being/)

[Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/tyler-perry-1498_being-different_forgiveness-is-giving-up-the-hope-of-wha_393283.jpg)

> [When the movie 'Sliding Doors' came out, it almost sent me into existential crisis because I think about that all the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-rothe/when-the-movie-sliding-doors-came-out-it-almost-sent-me-into/)

[Jessica Rothe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-rothe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/jessica-rothe-14951_crisis_when-the-movie-sliding-doors-came-out-it_747833.jpg)

> [Then suddenly Jack was a changed boy. Something wonderful had happened to him, and it had made him different. It sometimes happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-nesbit/then-suddenly-jack-was-a-changed-boy-something-wonderful-had-happened/)

[E. Nesbit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-nesbit/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/e-nesbit-12141_boys_then-suddenly-jack-was-a-changed-boy-som_79922.jpg)

> [While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-rendell/while-most-of-the-things-you-ve-worried-about-have-never-happened-it/)

[Ruth Rendell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-rendell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/ruth-rendell-16367_different_while-most-of-the-things-you-ve-worried_1270147.png)

> [One of the biggest challenges for us is that people have different accounts. People say different things happened at different times, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-aydin/one-of-the-biggest-challenges-for-us-is-that-people-have-different/)

[Andrew Aydin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-aydin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/andrew-aydin-21143_accounts_one-of-the-biggest-challenges-for-us-is_2107534.jpg)

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