#circumstance

I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying. ↗

— Gregory Harrison

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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. ↗

— John Heywood

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Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. ↗

— Mario Andretti

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

— Derek Bailey

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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. ↗

— Dave Barry

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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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