A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary child drowned in a pond is tragedy. — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had… — Steve Spurrier Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother was in London during the Blitz. Indeed, the man she was dating before she met my grandfather was killed… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
The twentieth century saw a professionalization of fiction writing, particularly in its second half and particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world - not… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me. — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
I actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Knowing that others have gone through similar tragedies may be a help, but it should be remembered that every tragedy is not… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The appalling racial injustice inherent in the Trayvon Martin tragedy reminds us that there is still much to do. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
You've got all these parents who are projecting their pathologies of fear onto their kids and those kids are understandably messed up.… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
“Deana Carter sings about it. Lady Antebellum sings about it. Eric Church. Gosh, not just country artists. Katy Perry. Everybody has a… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
To tell a strong story with real taste of an epic tragedy needs great actors. — Luiz Bolognesi Copy Share Image
The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The tragedy of "Hamlet" is critically considered to be the masterpiece of dramatic poetry; and the tragedy of "Hamlet" is also, according… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at… — Whittaker Chambers Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime. — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Life is a tragedy, one way or another. What is certain is that you die.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The weakness of modern tragedy[is that] transgression against the social code is made to bring destruction, as though the social code worked… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am Gods slave, not that of… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
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