Unfortunate Circumstances Quotes

• There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Fall, Fate, Odds

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.186, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Hay muchas cosas de mi destino que no puedo controlar, pero otras sí caen bajo mi jurisdicción. Puedo decidir cómo empleo mi tiempo, con quién me relaciono, con quién comparto mi cuerpo y mi vida y mi dinero y mi energía. Puedo elegir lo que puedo leer y comer y estudiar. Puedo elegir cómo voy a considerar las circunstancias desafortunadas de mi vida: si las veré como maldiciones o como oportunidades. Puedo elegir mis palabras y el tono de voz con el que me dirijo a los demás. Y, sobre todo, puedo elegir mis pensamientos.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Vida, Actitud, Caída

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• Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Choices, Eat Love Pray, Bali Eat Pray Love

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.169, A&C Black

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• Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree.

  Hideki Tojo

  Attitude, Party, Japan

  "Diario de la prisión de Hideki Tojo". "The Journal of Historical Review", Vol. 12, No. 1, (pp. 31-85), www.ihr.org. 1992.

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• Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Fate, Dark, Sunshine

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• It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too simplistic to think in terms of random 'luck.' Even from a scientific point of view, this is not a sufficient explanation.

  Dalai Lama

  Thinking, Views, Luck

  The Dalai Lama (2001). “Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists”, p.108, Shambhala

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• Los defensores del capitalismo son muy propensos a apelar a los sagrados principios de la libertad, que se concretan en una máxima: No se debe limitar a los afortunados en el ejercicio de la tiranía sobre los desafortunados.

  Bertrand Russell

  Exercise, Liberty, Principles

  Bertrand Russell (1960). "Ensayos escépticos"

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• Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats.

  Gail Carriger

  Silly, Ivy, Hats

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• In life, when you are faced with an unfortunate circumstance, there’s no book, there’s no guide, there’s no right answer on how to get to the other side. You just sort of wake up one day and you have two paths in front of you, one where you go up and one where you can fall, and choosing the path to rise is most certainly not the easy path but it’s the brave one.

  Lea Michele

  Book, Fall, Two

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• I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.

  Michelle Rhee

  Escritura, Escuela, Niños

  Fuente: aalbc.com

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• Parecía que [había] nodos musicales en el planeta donde las culturas se encuentran y se mezclan, a veces como resultado de circunstancias desafortunadas, como la esclavitud u otra cosa, en lugares como Nueva Orleans y La Habana y Brasil. Son lugares donde la cultura europea, la indígena y la africana se encuentran y conviven, y de ahí surge un nuevo tipo de cultura y, sobre todo, de música.

  David Byrne

  Nueva Orleans, Musical, Juntos

  Entrevista con Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. 17 th Of July de 2006.

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• It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.

  Adolf Galland

  Frustration, Careers, Long

  Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”

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