“We all have numerous identities that shift with circumstances.” — Joyce Carol Oates, “Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself,” The Washington Post (2013-09-13)
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“Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers.” — Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
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“Only by plunging into illusions to which every fact gives the lie can he persuade himself that his will is a force that can overcome all other forces, or that it is less conditioned by circumstances than a wheelbarrow is.” — George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism
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“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan
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“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Towne vs. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418, 425 (1918-01-07)
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“People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” — George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession
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“The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything
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