#circumstance

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. ↗

— James Hillman

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The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten. ↗

— James Hillman

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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ↗

— Horace

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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

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Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. ↗

— Derek Bailey

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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. ↗

— Bruce Barton

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You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

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In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. ↗

— Margaret Halsey

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I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

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And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care and need services, but I believe in America that the majority of those people are getting those services under situations and circumstances that are afforded to them by their health care providers and their state government. ↗

— Jan Brewer

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