Events 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
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is… — Marcus Aurelius
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up… — Richard Bach
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
Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want events of that… — Michelle Bachelet
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
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. — Russell Baker
Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without… — Javier Bardem
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the… — Amelia Barr
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. — Ethel Barrymore
We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. — Samuel Adams
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom… — Kathleen Battle
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible… — Nina Bawden
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I… — Martha Beck
You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events. — John Berger
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event. — John Berger

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