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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and , if they can't find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

Dale Carnegie

Character, not circumstances, make the man.

Booker T. Washington

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Circumstances. Like you need to hear about circumstances.

Mike Higgins

As far as the team, we're doing fine. We're doing as well as we can considering the circumstances.

Jessica Hill

There are so many extenuating circumstances.

Kathleen Murray

It could be a sea change, but I don't think so. I think it's more circumstances than anything else. Let's give it a couple of more years.

John Asher

The board of directors decided that we would create this program because of this set of circumstances.

Ralph Page

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

Euripides

We are confident that they will assess not only the substance of the recommendations but also the circumstances, rationale and bases behind them.

Gabriel Claudio

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

Nicholas Sparks

For a scene that should have been chaotic, it was quite calm under the circumstances.

William Davidson

The activity was not objectively directed toward the taking . . . (and) in all the circumstances (it) could not have been avoided.

Bob Pack

There are certain times and circumstances in which you can get this aircraft, where it's like trying to fly a brick. It will crash.

Jim Presba

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

David Hume

Given our circumstances we couldn't have any better replacement than Nigel.

Dave Passmore

Even with that, that's not enough air to get those miners out of these circumstances which we all know now they find themselves in.

Joe Main

We permit them in certain circumstances. The theory (behind the ordinance) is not their use, but abuse. It's an issue of aesthetics.

Ralph Maccarone

You'd have to agree the circumstances here appear very suspicious.

Mark Brady

We are operating in a manner that we unfortunately must do, under the circumstances.

Alan Mccoy

Pending any unforeseen circumstances, I don't anticipate that changing.

Mike Hamilton

We are still investigating this attack because the circumstances surrounding it is still not clear.

Ireju Barasua

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The manner and all of the circumstances in which he has gone missing are bizarre.

Wayne Oakes

We are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Laura Eimiller

I have regretted being implicated in the circumstances.

Paul Aussaresses

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Derek Bailey

Based on the circumstances, we are certainly considering an appeal now, on the basis that we raised in the court in there.

Tom Ceraso

Given the circumstances, I've been pleased with the work we've been able to do this spring.

Steve Mullins

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

Allan Massie

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

Margaret Halsey

There are some very suspicious circumstances surrounding these fires.

Ted Denny

Due to the extraordinary circumstances, we've asked that everybody cancel or relocate their events.

Tony Robinson

Under these circumstances I am left with no alternative but to resign.

Arjuna Ranatunga

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.

Vaclav Havel

The economic circumstances have changed, ... Fox News Sunday.

Lawrence Lindsey

It's my understanding that allegedly she identified somebody. But when was the identification, and what were the circumstances?

Butch Williams

There's a growing awareness that Katrina has changed not only the agenda but all the circumstances we find ourselves in.

Heather Wilson

We're not school-hopping for athletic reasons. There are circumstances why.

John Mckenzie

Knowing the circumstances, I was extremely proud of her for refusing to lie.

Pat Harris

I would refer you to the language of the law, ... It depends on the circumstances.

Janet Reno

I taught for 30 years at university but never in circumstances like this.

Lech Kaczynski

The circumstances you're born into are not your fault, but it's up to you to climb out of it. Find out who you are, what you want to be and go for it.

George Jenkins

This is probably one of the more unusual set of circumstances for this time of year that I can remember.

Don Madden

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

Amy Tan

These were done under the most heinous circumstances.

Norm Early

We're just going to do what we have to do depending on the circumstances.

Becky Herrin

When things change very rapidly we have a fiduciary responsibility to review what are the circumstances.

Jozef Strauss

Sometimes ordinary people find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.

Peter Kelly

I think I did a pretty good job considering the circumstances I was in.

Brandon Frye

She is in the very best possible place, all things considered, at this time and in this place under these circumstances.

George Parnham

He doesn't instinctively know what he should do in these circumstances.

Larry Sabato

Concentrated on the circumstances of the act and the reasons for it.

Antonietta Sonnessa

The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a dangerous act.

Michael Grant

I want you to understand the circumstances why this crime happened.

David Baugh

There has to be the right circumstances to negotiate down the debt.

Lynn Schmidt

What my client would say is he's grateful to the jury for considering the circumstances he was in.

Seth Belson

It's probably the saddest set of circumstances I've seen.

Gary Gordon

We've had some unfortunate circumstances back there.

Al Golden

He gives us a tremendous amount of exposure in winning circumstances.

Marty Collins

They were well aware of our circumstances with our suite holders when the contract was signed.

Hal Daub

Under the circumstances, this was the best we could possibly hope for.

Murray Richman

Yes, I think they did what they had to do given the circumstances of the event.

Rex Johnson

Does it illustrate the circumstances well, if at all? If you only know this film, you don't know enough... You don't know enough at all.

Ralph Leck

Both necessary and appropriate in the circumstances.

Tom Sneddon

A lot of it depends on the circumstances and how big you are and how much air you suck.

Terry Farley

You end up with people in the worst possible circumstances: without any job.

Tom Mcclintock

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances.

Augustus Hare

I am I plus my circumstances.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

We are investigating the circumstances under which the statements were made.

David Houston

You are painting a picture of a woman who cannot think for herself in almost all circumstances.

James Pohl

In principle, it can be difficult, ... That being said, it's not impossible that could be done in certain circumstances.

David Eden

I don't like the pomp & circumstances.

Ira Hayes

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

Jack Henry Abbott

You can't go through a day in America without 9/11 being mentioned. How can you get a fair trial under these circumstances?

James Brosnahan

In these circumstances the talks are cancelled.

Igor Smirnov

This is obviously going to be a traumatic case. There are going to be some gruesome circumstances.

David Zavoda

We definitely have not discounted any suspicious circumstances at this stage.

John Pierce

Given the circumstances of what he's charged with and where it seems he's fled, we certainly would consider him armed and dangerous.

Paul Moskal

In such difficult circumstances, every word counts.

Dalil Boubakeur

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

Ruth Gordon

Put it this way. [Sheets'] demeanor was not what it normally would be under the circumstances.

Chad Moeller

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

James Allen

We are definitely intrigued by the circumstances in which the attack occurred.

Lucie Morillon

Legislation or regulation may not be a solution in all cases, but it may be warranted in appropriate circumstances.

Jonathan Frenkel

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Viktor Frankl

I actually like being employed, even though my circumstances in life may be different now.

Peter Fincham

In exceptional circumstances, we will make an effort to spread the rise.

Thierry Desmarest

These are serious circumstances, and we're taking it very seriously.

Wendy Gibson

I think there were a lot of different circumstances.

Susan Whitson

Both believe that the enclosures were not only helpful, but necessary under all of the circumstances.

David Sherman

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

Mother Maribel

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had.

Isaac Rosenberg

In circumstances where your love and care was called for, you responded with lethal force.

Peter Evans

The circumstances changed when I heard the other proposals.

Larry Ammons

The rate of success is high, under the appropriate circumstances.

Dr. David L. Fischman

In the circumstances our stores appear to have fared relatively better than others.

Philip Dunne

It's something we'll be keeping our eye on. Should circumstances warrant it, naturally we will spring into action.

Dave Worrell

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

Pam Grier

It's a spectacular challenge to balance your personal life under these circumstances.

Greg Brooks

It's not necessarily for everybody. You have to assess your own circumstances.

Wayne Cotter

She doesn't want to take pills because of all the circumstances that occurred.

Michael Herring

The circumstances around the accident will be investigated.

Thom Knustad

They are different cases with different information and different circumstances.

Commissioner Dennis Ackerman

Under the circumstances, the government should agree to substantial damages.

Karpal Singh

The family is holding up remarkably well considering the circumstances.

Dale Harlow

We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.

Baldwin Spencer

New facts and circumstances.

Natalee Holloway

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.

Sam Worthington

I wanted to attend college, but the I knew under the circumstances there was very little chance.

Jesse Moore

We would have the ability to control, and flexibility to be able to respond to circumstances daily.

Gary Kubic

The decision in her mind had been made that she was acknowledging the circumstances that occurred.

William Stephens

But we were up to our necks dealing with the storm. We did the best we could under the circumstances.

Mack Mcgehee

He tried the best that he could, under the circumstances.

Ivor Van Heerden

There are a lot of circumstances in a ballgame, but the big thing was we just didn't shoot the ball very well. And when you can't put the ball in the hole you can't win.

Greg Goodley

The specific facts and circumstances are scary.

Steve Parker

Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.

Johann G. Seume

An immediate and full investigation into the circumstances of this death.

Lou Fintor

Absent compelling and unforeseeable circumstances.

Eugene Wedoff

I won't discuss it under any circumstances.

Edward Macmahon

The settlement is, I believe, in all the circumstances a fair and just one.

Edgar Bronfman

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Earl Nightingale

Best case scenario, she's admitted, she goes on about her business. It will all depend on the circumstances.

Zachary Mann