#things happen

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#anything #happen #i #makes #never

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

#even #happen #just #manner #out

I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe. ↗

— Daniel Dennett

#authors #being #creators #darwinian #demoted

More live recording. I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live because things happen onstage that don't happen in the studio. ↗

— Al Jarreau

#boat #career #cd #doing #every

Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you. ↗

— Nastassja Kinski

#also #choose #even #happen #help

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities. ↗

— Jil Sander

#happen #i #i feel #new #open

I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. ↗

— William Shatner

#happen #i #i believe #i believe that #purpose

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

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I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#always #any #building #democracy #dictator

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#burden #effort #happen #horrible #horrible things