Event Quotes

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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of… — Hannah Arendt
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. — Gaston Bachelard
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a… — David Bailey
It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one… — Nicholson Baker
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. — Ethel Barrymore
'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event. — John Berger
A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to… — John Berger
'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of… — Annie Besant
The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. — Daniel J. Boorstin
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting… — Bill Bowerman
Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte
In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle… — Abdallah II
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us… — Louisa May Alcott
It feels good when your hometown supports you, and Macon's always done that with us. Every time we come here, it's an event - which… — Jason Aldean
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt… — James Caan
Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I… — Drew Carey
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's… — Deepak Chopra
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. — Winston Churchill
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of… — Jean Cocteau

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