I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
“The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief.… — Mona Caird Copy Share Image
I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance. — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The reason why the British theatrical tradition is world-leading in Greek drama is because there is a flourishing tradition of people rethinking… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
What is a defeat? It is just a good opportunity to make a new start, nothing else! Defeat is by no means… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I don't have a problem with the media focusing on bad things happening. That's our job, after all. But I think it's… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
For me, the saddest thing in the world is always lost potential. That is always the most heartbreaking thing, when there's something… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
If you enjoy reading, writing, learning, and sharing what you have learned, don't hesitate to look for a life where you can… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
“I was girly and friendly and my family life was happy but many days I felt like I was on the inside… — Kimberly Novosel Copy Share Image
In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion… — Andrew Coyle Bradley Copy Share Image
The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
What we are doing is deeply unfair and a profound tragedy - what we're doing in the way of global warming, what… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the… — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Youth is the only sexy tragedy. It's James Dean jumping into his Porsche Spyder, it's Marilyn heading off to bed. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
My protest against digital has been me saying, "What's going to happen to film?" The result is that Kodak is out of… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t. — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore; it's what you call — numb — and it tragically blots out… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Some felt that perhaps in his past lay a tragedy with which he had never been able to make his peace, that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We make choices every day, some of them good, some of them bad. And if we are strong enough, we live with… — David Gemmell Lord of the Silver Bow Copy Share Image
Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy. — Lee Corso Copy Share Image
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint. — Leon Bloy Copy Share Image
I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly… — Sam Shepard 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
I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself. — Patrick Marber Copy Share Image
The calamity of war, wherever, whenever and upon whomever it descends, is a tragedy for the whole of humanity. — Raisa Gorbacheva Copy Share Image
“You thought I was answering "As you wish" but that's only because you were hearing wrong. "I love you" was what it… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that… — K.L. Toth Copy Share Image
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story...… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
'There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted all the voyage… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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