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• That such a perspective of the Declaration's 'Creator God' should sound so foreign and controversial to people today is a tragic and striking sign of how far we are removed from the thinking of our colonial fathers.

  Pat Swindall

  Christian, Religious, Father

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• People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.

  Maggie Kuhn

  Power, People, Important

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• Susan Straight finds LA's secret heart in Between Heaven and Here and with a sleight of hand only the masters have, she creates an alley, a neighborhood, a history that is as rich and tragic as any Shakespearean tale.

  Walter Mosley

  Heart, Hands, Heaven

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• How sad it was, Carmen thought, that you acted awful when you were desperately sad and hurt and wanted to be loved. How tragic then, the way everyone avoided you and tiptoed around you when you really needed them. Carmen knew this vicious predicament as well as anyone in the world. How bitter it felt when you acted badly to everyone and ended up hating yourself the most.

  Ann Brashares

  Hurt, Hate, World

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.640, Delacorte Press

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• Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

  Carrie Fisher

  Awards, Years, Bipolar

  "Wishful Drinking like". Book by Carrie Fisher, December 2, 2008.

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• ... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

  Lisa Genova

  Beautiful, Butterfly, Mean

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• I think it's really tragic when people get serious about stuff. It's such an absurdity to take anything really seriously ... I make an honest attempt not to take anything seriously: I worked that attitude out about the time I was eighteen, I mean, what does it all mean when you get right down to it, what's the story here? Being alive is so weird.

  Frank Zappa

  Attitude, Mean, Thinking

  "No Commercial Potential: The Saga Of Frank Zappa". Book by David Walley, p. 4, 1972.

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• It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Sports, Golf, World

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• Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world.

  Peter Wessel Zapffe

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Animal

  "To Be a Human Being". Documentary, (1989 - 90).

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• It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.

  Billy Graham

  New York, Years, Secret

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• We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know.

  Susan George

  Needs, Tools, Arithmetic

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• When I step back from any moment of crisis that I've ever had, I'm always struck by how humor and tragedy can kind of live in the same moment, holding hands together. How life can go from the ridiculous to the sublime to the tragic all in one breath.

  Peter Vack

  Sublime, Holding Hands, Tragedy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.

  Jamie Foxx

  Heart, Broken, Guy

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• The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

  E. M. Forster

  Growth, Literature, Destruction

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• At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.

  Renee Fleming

  Mistake, Careers, People

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• No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.

  Carrie Fisher

  Loss, Weight, Turns

  "The Skinny On My New Life" by Carrie Fisher, www.harpersbazaar.com. November 29, 2011.

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• Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life itself. This gallant Air Force hero will be remembered because he made his final contribution to aviation in the dangerous role of test pilot of an untried experimental plane, a deed that places him among the stout-hearted pioneers who gave their lives in the conquest of sky and space.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Hero, Sky, Space

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• History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  War, Differences, Community

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• Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Expression, Needs, Violence

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• I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

  John Locke

  Trying, Half, Moments

  "The Guardian", August 11, 1988.

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• I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

  Ang Lee

  Hero, Character, Thinking

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• After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

  Ang Lee

  Movie, Actors, Comedy

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• Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

  Dalai Lama

  Unhappy, Shelter, Comfort

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• The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think.

  Greg Kinnear

  Character, Thinking, Elements

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• The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.

  Florence King

  Love, Witty, Figures

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