#circumstances

But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home. ↗

— Georg Solti

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I am I plus my circumstances. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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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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Don't be a creation of circumstances, create your dreams, take full control of your destiny. ↗

— Steven Redhead

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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

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

— Martha Washington

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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession. ↗

— Isaac Watts

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Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and that every organism is capable of increasing its numbers in sufficiently favorable circumstances. ↗

— George C. Williams

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Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In 2002, I told my wife, I want to start a foundation to give back, I want it to be for kids in hard circumstances, and I want it to be culinary-driven, because that's who I am. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

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