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- Nov 07, 2020
Circumstances Quotes
Most Famous Circumstances Quotes of All Time!
Circumstances, this small collection argues, rarely stay predictable - reform often surfaces developments nobody anticipated at the outset. That same unpredictability shapes tough calls in diplomacy, where pressing one issue too hard can sometimes backfire on the very cause it means to help, a tension also explored in our Life collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to be a good actor has to be involved with placing yourself imaginatively in different people's circumstances.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.
- Hanging
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around.
- Darkest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the original little guy. This country gave me an opportunity. I want our tax system to do the same for others facing those same circumstances.
- Decree
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find directing so incredibly rewarding and challenging and humbling and exciting and engaging. Scenes become challenging. Actors bring out the best of you. Circumstances demand you dig deep.
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.
- Meat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in financially straitened circumstances and meat, which was expensive, was a rare thing at mealtimes. We ate meat about once a month, if that.
There's a broader lesson too: firm approaches make sense in some circumstances, but no single strategy solves every global problem. For more on adapting to what life brings, see our Change collection.