Happens Quotes - Page 2

• Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players.

  David Ogden Stiers

  Player, Dvds, Experience

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 21, 2002.

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• Stress happens when your mind resists what is...The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

  Dan Millman

  Stress, Mind, Resistance

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• Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.

  Taylor Swift

  Growing Up, Knowing, Scary

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• If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

  Amy Grant

  Believe, Learning, Night

  Twitter post from Feb 11, 2014

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• Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

  Daniel Handler

  Inspirational Life, Live Life, Adversity

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• He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as the greatest of hurts. It was the very essence of the unknown; it was the sum of the terrors of the unknown, the one culminating and unthinkable catastrophe that could happen to him, about which he knew nothing and about which he feared everything.

  Jack London

  Hurt, Animal, Essence

  Jack London (1992). “The Call of the Wild and White Fang”, p.116, Wordsworth Editions

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• The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.

  George R. Stewart

  Way, Trouble, Expecting

  George R. Stewart (1993). “Earth Abides”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures than we have. They know we have a focused strategy. They know we have a budget of $150 million a year. And they know we're ready for a fight.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Fighting, Animal, Years

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• People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there’s a core of trust and love that I’m very committed to. These guys would die for each other, and it’s very beautiful. But at the same time, you can’t keep that safety. Things have to go wrong, bad things have to happen.

  Joss Whedon

  Beautiful, Character, People

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 05, 2001.

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• We cannot be fearful all the time; we have to rise above our fear, whatever is to happen to us, however our conditions may challenge us. To be fearless is a decision that one must make. And this fearlessness becomes the fundamental ground of nonviolence.

  Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

  Decision, Fearless, Challenges

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• You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.

  Paul Krugman

  Hate, Past, Violent Acts

  "Assassination Attempt In Arizona". krugman.blogs.nytimes.com. January 8, 2011.

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• When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen.

  Harrison Owen

  Strong, People, Spirit

  Harrison Owen (2000). “The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform”, p.1, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.

  John Barrasso

  Law, Obamacare, Long

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• Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize there are more flavors of pain than coffee. Pain does two things: it teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. And everything that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one way or another.

  Jim Butcher

  Hurt, Growing Up, Pain

  "White Night". Book by Jim Butcher, 2007.

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• After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story. They may be startling at the time, but it passes. One gets caught up in the narrative, but the dangers aren't real, are they? Things happen in any way the storyteller chooses. It is all just made up.

  Chris Priestley

  Real, Stories, May

  Chris Priestley (2010). “Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth”, p.35, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The snowy owl has eyes that look just like mine, especially when it widens them. And while I stand there, staring at it, lowering my sunglasses, something unspoken passes between me and the bird - there's this weird kind of tension, a bizarre pressure, that fuels the following, which starts, happens, ends, very quickly.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Eye, Bird, Owl

  Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.240, Pan Macmillan

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• I happen to like the strange ones. People who look normal and leads normal lives - they're the ones you have to watch out for.

  Haruki Murakami

  People, Watches, Looks

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• Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.

  Jim Butcher

  Pain, Two, Important

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1664, Penguin

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• Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.

  Serena Williams

  Growing Up, Balls, Rich Family

  "Serena Williams extends run over Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2015.

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• How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.

  Richard Dawkins

  Thoughtful, Matter, Born

  Twitter post from May 22, 2014

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• Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.

  John Lennon

  Peace, Coping Mechanisms, Giving

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• God won't allow anything happen in your life if it's not for your good.

  Nick Vujicic

  Ifs, Things Happen

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• When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else.

  Mark Twain

  Kentucky, Years, World

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