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Circumstance Quotes (page 27)

Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will. Mikhail Bakunin
Louis-Ferdinand Celine quote: "In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight..."
In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions. George Orwell
In writing are the roots, in writing are the foundations of eloquence; by writing resources are stored up, as it were, in a sacred repository, when they may be drawn forth for sudden emergencies, or as circumstances require. Quintilian
Perhaps it is this story that is a bridge over the void, and as it advances it flings forward news and sensations and emotions to create a ground of upsets both collective and individual in the midst of which a path can be opened while we remain in the dark about many circumstances both historical and geographical. I clear my path through the wealth of details that cover the void I do not want to notice and I advance impetuously... Italo Calvino
Though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least will not be more than you can bear. Marriage may change your circumstances for the better, but in my private opinion, it is far more likely to produce a contrary result Anne Bronte
There are no books in this world that everybody must read, but only books that a person must read at a certain time in a given place under given circumstances and at a given period of his life. Lin Yutang
He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it."Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. Jane Austen
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "But he knew well enough that any man in the right..."
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic. Arthur C. Clarke
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances."
Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Terry Prachett quote: "People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by..."
People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances. Terry Prachett
Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world... Hiro used to feel this way, too, but then he ran into Raven. In a way, this was liberating. He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken. Neal Stephenson
We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times gets pushed into neutral. When that happens, morality is disengaged. If the car happens to be on an incline, car and driver move precipitously downhill. It is then the nature of the circumstances that determines outcomes, not the driver's skills or intentions. Philip Zimbardo
A piratical ghost story in thirteen ingenious but potentially disturbing rhyming couplets, originally conceived as a confection both to amuse and to entertain by Mr. Neil Gaiman, scrivener, and then doodled, elaborated upon, illustrated, and beaten soundly by Mr. Cris Grimly, etcher and illuminator, featuring two brave children, their diminutive but no less courageous gazelle, and a large number of extremely dangerous trolls, monsters, bugbears, creatures, and other such nastiness, many of... Neil Gaiman
Fluidity means that our black identities are constantly changing as we respond to circumstances in our families and communities of origin, and as we interact with a wider world. Bell Hooks

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