#cannot

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#beings #cannot #find #human #human beings

Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

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States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all. ↗

— John Bruton

#deterred #fear #organisations #retaliation #states

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#cannot #corrupt #exist #generally #liberty

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#cannot #engines #fire #house #little

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#choose #cure #joy #joyfully #live

Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden. ↗

— Juan Carlos

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