#forced

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. ↗

— Erich Auerbach

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Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. ↗

— Althea Gibson

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I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original. ↗

— Joseph Haydn

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There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original. ↗

— Joseph Haydn

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I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely. ↗

— Mary Pickford

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War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition. ↗

— Elihu Root

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I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

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I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to. ↗

— Asia Argento

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. ↗

— John Berger

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