#tragedi

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me. ↗

— Judith Guest

#because #cards #courageous #deal #handed

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government. ↗

— James Bovard

#government #great #know #learn #most

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#back #bush #bush administration #business #deal

I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#bee gees #fame #family #fortune #gees

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies. ↗

— Patti Page

#being #handle #helped #life #me

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time. ↗

— Idries Shah

#beliefs #believe #come #illustrative #in the past

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. ↗

— Joan Lowery Nixon

#life #luck #problems #superstitious #tragedies

On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#balance #been #between #blessings #camp

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways. ↗

— Glenn Close

#amazes #every #full #house #many

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#been #especially #family #following #give