#circumstances

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with. ↗

— William Halsey

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New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he speaks to me in my own language. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#aides #anticipated #chambers #circumstances #day

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#case #circumstances #england #first #gradually

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. ↗

— James Allen

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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

#scout #smiles #under #whistles

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

— Derek Bailey

#circumstances #much #music #playing #really

And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care and need services, but I believe in America that the majority of those people are getting those services under situations and circumstances that are afforded to them by their health care providers and their state government. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#america #believe #care #circumstances #existing

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. ↗

— Marquis De Custine

#circumstances #complicated #human #human society #mathematical

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

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