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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion. ↗

— David O. Selznick

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. ↗

— Amy Tan

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'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. ↗

— Herodotus

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We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way. ↗

— Erich Hoeber

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If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

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