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"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."
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"What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful."
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"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."
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"Fortunately any of the songs we've recorded can be extremely fulfilling to perform depending on the variety of circumstances that surround any given show."
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"It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal."
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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."
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"In specific circumstances the period of aging decline can set in earlier in a particular organ than in the organism as a whole which, in a certain general or theoretical sense, is left a cripple or invalid."
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"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."
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"There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe."
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"They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences."
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"You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise."
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"One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity."
Enthusiasm
"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars."
Stars
"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."
Sympathy
"In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!"
Comfort
"People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves."
Love
"There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by."
Life
"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."
Circumstance
"Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly."
Time
"Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do."
People
"In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness."
Nature
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