Happenings Quotes - Page 37

• I believe, not theoretically, but from direct personal experience, that very few of the things that happen to us are purposeless or accidental (and this includes suffering and grief - even that of others), and that sometimes one catches a glimpse of the link between these happenings. I believe - even when I am myself blind and deaf, or even indifferent - in the existence of a mystery.

  Iris Origo

  Grief, Believe, Suffering

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• You have to assess every situation that you're in and you have to decide, is this happening because I'm black? Is this happening because I'm a woman? Or is this happening because this is how it happens?

  Charlayne Hunter-Gault

  Racism, Black, Situation

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• ... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information without going to places where people are being shot at, and others are shooting at you. The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that enough people, be they government, military or the man on the street, will care when your file reaches the printed page, the website or the TV screen.

  Marie Colvin

  Real, War, Military

  "A war reporter in Homs is worth any amount of outrage on Facebook" by Peter Preston, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

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• Every time the word 'breastfeeding' is mentioned, there's a snicker on the House floor. This has been happening since the dawn of creation. Can we finally get a grip on it?

  Susan Molinari

  House, Dawn, Breastfeeding

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• There's this total manwhore phenomenon happening, where even the geeks are player now. It's like Manhattan is this giant playground and guys want to keep playing forever.

  Susane Colasanti

  Player, Guy, Forever

  Susane Colasanti (2009). “Take Me There”, p.21, Penguin

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• Lifes That Way was an extraordinarily difficult book to write, because it wasnt written as a book. It was written as a journal of events that were happening as I wrote it, without the space or time either to digest or analyze those events and without the hindsight and peace that writing in the aftermath would have provided.

  Jim Beaver

  Book, Writing, Space

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• I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

  Dave Grohl

  Technology, Emotional, Thinking

  "Q&A: Dave Grohl on vinyl, Record Store Day". Interview with Patrick Ryan, www.usatoday.com. April 15, 2015.

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• Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're talking about really important issues. It's not going to be easy but at least the conversations are happening.

  Roxane Gay

  Talking, Issues, Important

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• I have no regrets. I find everything happens for a reason and the reason why maybe this is happening is I won't take BS from anyone. And I think it's making me stand out on my own and be very independent and fight for what I believe in.

  Britney Spears

  Regret, Believe, Independent

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• This is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn't pass. And in foreign policy often what you're doing is nuance and you're trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn't translate well into a political environment.

  David Corn

  Winning, Talking, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I guess the cool thing about the '80s is the kind of like adventure in terms of, you know, people were very willing to use sounds that were completely ridiculous or whatever. There was a lot of stuff happening in the '80s and it's all over the place. I guess that's probably the coolest thing for me and that's what I like about it. Just kind of that like, 'Oh, what's this sound? Oh that's wacky. Let's use it anyways.'

  Emma Stone

  Adventure, People, Stuff

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• I would love to see what's going to happen with science fiction with peoples' heads, because we still have people running around in the year 2050 or 2100 or 2200 and they have incredible technology and you see the effects: laser beams and rays and beaming down and beaming up. Incredible technical things happening, but everybody is still running around jealous, fighting, whacking, cheating. There's got to be something going on! Some kind of change. I'd like to see something starting to happen in that area, with the psychology of the human being and how that changed.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Running, Cheating, Jealous

  Source: www.mrmovietimes.com

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• You have to be aware that whenever you leave your house, you're probably going to be photographed by someone somewhere. Maybe those pictures will surface. Maybe they won't. Maybe those videos will surface. Maybe they won't. But you have to always be aware that it could be happening.

  Megan Fox

  House, Video, Surface

  "What Megan Fox Looks for in a Man (and Turtle)". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. August 8, 2014.

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• Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening.

  George Saunders

  Light, Action, Humans

  Source: www.nationalbook.org

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• I feel like I can't fully understand what's happening now until I really understand what's happened before. But you do get sort of bogged down a little bit when you're trying to study so many years' worth of music. It can be a little bit overwhelming.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Years, Trying, Littles

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 24, 2003.

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• I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Games, Giving

  Source: www.hearingloss.ca

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• Miracles are happening every day. I do think that's true. If you can take the time to look. It took me a while to learn that, though some children know it instinctively and they do have wonder when they are kids. But the trouble is, as we grow older, we lose it.

  Julie Andrews

  Children, Kids, Thinking

  "Interview: Julie Andrews Reflects on Writing, Reading, Libraries, and Film". Interview with Gloria Meraz, americanlibrariesmagazine.org.

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• I ask two questions when I am confronting life on a moment to moment basis when something important is happening. (1) What is factually happening right now? (2) What does my soul know about this and want me to know about this? It is amazing that when I give myself 20-25 seconds to seriously consider these questions, almost instantly I will arrive at a deeper awareness and a richer understanding of what is happening right now - from the soul's level of awareness.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Two, Giving, Soul

  Source: www.trulyalive.net

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• I actually hear into life - seeing everything that's occurring as a conversation with God in some form. So it really is the next song on the radio - a chance utterance of a friend on the street - it really is what's happening right now. I stop and think, 'What is life trying to tell me right now?' And "What does my soul know about this?'

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Song, Thinking, Soul

  Source: www.trulyalive.net

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• With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening.

  Zig Ziglar

  Goal, Release, Definite

  Zig Ziglar (2010). “See You at the Top”, p.157, Pelican Publishing

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• even when nothing is happening, nothing stands still. ... I am not a rock, but a river; people deceive themselves by seeing me as a rock. Or is it I who deceive them and pretend that I am a rock when I am a river?

  Nina Berberova

  Rocks, Self, Rivers

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• Isn't it sad that we only get upset about nasty things happening to people and places if television decides we should?

  M.C. Beaton

  People, Upset, Television

  M. C. Beaton (2007). “Death of a Village”, p.152, Hachette UK

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• Accidents and chance are words used by persons who do not think clearly when they attempt to account for certain happenings. Anyone who thinks must be convinced that in a world as orderly as this there is no room for the words accident and chance.

  Harold Percival

  Thinking, Rooms, World

  Harold W. Percival (2002). “Thinking And Destiny”, p.48, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• If it is true that it is the simplicity of the Einsteinian formulae which constitutes their difficulty, that they are so obvious as to escape notice, it seems to me that this applies to events in life, numberless happenings, perhaps the basic ones, which we, saturated in detail and hurrying through subdivisions, lose sight of.

  Mary Butts

  Events In Life, Sight, Simplicity

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• The subconscious ... reacts very quickly to strong emotions or feelings. Whatever it is you vividly imagine, the subconscious thinks is actually happening. The subconscious, if instructed properly, is like a faithful, obedient servant who fulfills your every wish.

  John Harricharan

  Strong, Thinking, Feelings

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