#circumstances

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man out of uniform. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

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You can change the circumstances but you can never change man's inner nature. ↗

— Ron Perlman

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So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble. ↗

— John Podesta

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Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. ↗

— Natalie Portman

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For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

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It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

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I'm aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me. ↗

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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