Tragedy Quotes

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The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit… — Ted Olson
The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. — Robert Shea
Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can… — Louise Slaughter
This new one was held for a couple months, so I guess it was better, but when we go into thinking our next record tragedy,… — Kerry King
We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd. — Alex Cox
Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible. — Jim McKay
Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are… — Jack Schwartz
And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land… — Amos Oz
Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right. — Amos Oz
And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in… — Lester B. Pearson
Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of… — Whittaker Chambers
But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise,… — Paddy Ashdown
In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other. — Jacky Ickx
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. — Unknown Author
The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy. — Mark Spitz
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — James Madison
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. — Maxwell Anderson
I consider tragedy the highest form of art. — Joyce Carol Oates
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat… — Arthur Smith

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