#circumstance

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

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The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

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Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody. ↗

— Karl Rove

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As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances. ↗

— Peter Snell

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I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

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Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

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We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain. ↗

— Lonnie Earl Johnson

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