Adverse Quotes

• I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction.

  Gillian Anderson

  Thinking, Tunes, Different

  "HSX Dovlin's Domain". Interview with Rod Dovlin, www.gilliananderson.ws. August 29, 1997.

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• There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Laughter, Twilight, Humor

  "The New World and the New Book, an Address, Delivered Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York City, Jan. 15, 1891".

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• The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Religious, Superstitions, Influence

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898). “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897”, p.471, UPNE

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• We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...

  Robert Crippen

  Adverse Effects, Two, Orbit

  "STS-1 25th Anniversary Interview with Bob Crippen". Interview with George Diller, www.nasa.gov. April 12, 2006.

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• Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force.

  Gerd von Rundstedt

  Eyebrows, Way, Path

  "The Other Side of the Hill". Book by Basil Henry Liddell Hart, p. 184, 1948.

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• For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

  Thomas Mann

  Positive, Simple, Endurance

  Thomas Mann (1965). “Death in Venice”

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• But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Song, Play, Ideas

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  In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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• If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

  John Heywood

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Im always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the Presidents plan have not been invited to the discussion.

  Mel Watt

  President, North Carolina, Citizens

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• In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

  Peter Garrett

  Weather, Australia, Climate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Christian, Prayer

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• I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Sarcastic, Crazy

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• Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Courage, Philosophical, Heart

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• Under Adverse conditions - some people break down,some break records

  Shiv Khera

  People, Records, Breaking Down

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• It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

  Jonathan King

  Publicity, Accused, Protected

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• When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.

  Walter Scott

  Friendship, True Friend, Clouds

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• The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Peace, Military

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.47

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• Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

  Colin Powell

  Adversity, Decision, Way

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.886, Ballantine Books

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• There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it.

  Picabo Street

  Sports, Morning, Psychology

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• The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no adverse effect on children from strong educational backgrounds.

  James S. Coleman

  Strong, Children, Educational

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• Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.

  Stephen F. Lynch

  Agreement, America, Income

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• Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.

  Wynonna Judd

  Way, Digital, Downloading Music

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• However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

  Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

  Teacher, Encouragement, Adverse Effects

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