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• How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! And how we rue our haste, finding the gilded morsel to contain a hook!

  Aldo Leopold

  Hunting, Wind, Fishing

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.39, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Become aware of what you are thinking and you will recognize a law between your mood and your surrounding circumstances.

  Neville Goddard

  Positive, Thinking, Law Of Attraction

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• I appreciate our government's determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bytyqi brothers, which Serbia's Interior Minister has rightly called 'an exceptionally serious crime,' and hope the Serbian government's pledge of full cooperation... is matched by a final accounting of their murder.

  John McCain

  Determination, Brother, Government

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• I... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle degree of instruction, calculated for the common purposes of life and such as should be desirable for all who were in easy circumstances. And 3d. an ultimate grade for teaching the sciences generally and in their highest degree... The expenses of [the elementary] schools should be borne by the inhabitants of the county, every one in proportion to his general tax-rate. This would throw on wealth the education of the poor.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Children, Teaching, School

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• Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.

  Jim C. Walton

  Money, Past, Technology

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• Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

  Todd Solondz

  Doctors, Optimism, World

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• There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.

  Jackie Stewart

  Technology, Fire, Impact

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• I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

  Sylvia Porter

  Writing, Names, Noise

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• No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

  Frank Arthur Swinnerton

  Men, May, Satisfied

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• Among the humble and great alike, those who achieve success do so not because fate and circumstance are especially kind to them. Often the reverse is true. They succeed because they do not whine over their fate but take whatever has been given to them and go on to make the most of their best.

  Sidney Greenberg

  Success, Humble, Fate

  "Say Yes to Life: A Book of Thoughts for Better Living".

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• It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the judgments which we pass upon men must be qualified by considerations of age, country, station, and other accidental circumstances; and it will then be found that he who is most charitable in his judgment is generally the least unjust.

  Robert Southey

  Country, Men, Mind

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• The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into it and trust what you feel. Practice knowing and you will know.

  Hugh Prather

  Mistake, Heart, Practice

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• True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Self, Rivers, Joy

  Sri Chinmoy (1997). “The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  God, Christian, Mean

  Warren W. Wiersbe (1996). “Being a Child of God: Your Guide for the Adventure”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

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• It's not your circumstances that shape you, it's how you react to your circumstances.

  Anne Ortlund

  Success, Encouragement, Bad Day

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• Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life, and, second, towards increasing its own power and enlarging the scope of its own activity. For the sake of this it will, and regularly does, commit any crime which circumstances make expedient.

  Albert J. Nock

  Self, Sake, Firsts

  "The Criminality of the State". "The American Mercury" Magazine, March 1939.

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• Whatever is fine and permanent in human achievement has been realised through individuals courageously facing the circumstances of their being; and a society is civilised to the extent to which it makes this possible. Terrorism, which aims at putting out thespiritual light, is the antithesis of civilisation.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Light, Achievement, Society

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• And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that there should [only] be organization capable of providing food and shelter for all and organization to effect its proper distribution.

  Reginald Fessenden

  Science, Organization, Goes On

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• In the long term, a robust health IT network will support personalized treatment that adheres to proven best practices, and adapts to your personal health circumstances. The time will come when, whatever illness you may have, for your body type and health history, there will 'be an app for that' to keep you on your best path to wellness.

  Sheldon Whitehouse

  Best Practices, Long, Support

  "Health Information Technology: Paving the Way to Improved Patient Care" by Sheldon Whitehouse, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance.

  Ming-Dao Deng

  Followers, Tao, Flexible

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• Like many white liberals, Ken sees the whiteness of his social life as more an accident of circumstance than a choice. He would welcome greater diversity in the neighbourhood. However, he does not consciously do enough work either in his social life or in the larger community to make that diversity possible.

  Bell Hooks

  White, Diversity, Choices

  bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope”, p.55, Routledge

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• Set about doing good to somebody. Put on your hat and go and visit the sick and poor of your neighborhood; inquire into their circumstances and minister to their wants. Seek out the desolate and afflicted and oppressed. . . I have often tried this method, and have always found it the best medicine for a heavy heart.

  Howard Stern

  Heart, Medicine, Sick

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• It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of good can come about, is to let the ego play God-and that, as you know, can and does backfire.

  Neem Karoli Baba

  Play, Ideas, Ego

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• Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different minds, and their common influence upon all minds.... It is therefore high time our most valuable aphorisms and paragraphs were put in order for frequent perusal, and for handy reference, as the circumstances of life call up subjects.

  Charles Simmons

  Witty, Order, Expression

  Charles Simmons (1852). “Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker”, p.3

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• There's a way out of every situation.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Way, Situation

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “Anna Karenina (Movie Tie-in Edition): Official Tie-in Edition Including the screenplay by Tom Stoppard”, p.508, Vintage

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