#occasion

Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty. ↗

— Maria Monk

#altar #assembled #before #belonging #ceremony

Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk. ↗

— Bill Nye

#great #great deal #lap #lingered #long

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

#flicker #his #history #horror #indignation

At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#big #computer #end #feel #occasionally

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#about #alcoholic #anger #anymore #beating

The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come. ↗

— Sister Parish

#interrupted #last #lives #many #occasions

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#circumstance #consistency #custom #detail #found

Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record. ↗

— John Edward Redmond

#assembled #binding #denied #denies #either

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#fine #most #occasional #people #treat

In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#aesthetic #applauded #death #found #gotten