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A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obvious to the superficial observer. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

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Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. ↗

— Simon Raven

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It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances. ↗

— Rachael Ray

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It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances. ↗

— Thomas Reid

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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. ↗

— Martha Washington

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I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances. ↗

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances. ↗