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Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. ↗

— Jean Racine

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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

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The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

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Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts. ↗

— Elihu Root

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If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl. ↗

— Peter Sarsgaard

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I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

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Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

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You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

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