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However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice. ↗

— Tony Blair

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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. ↗

— Tony Blair

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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others. ↗

— Hans Blix

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Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. ↗

— George Boole

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Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day. ↗

— Daniel Boone

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Our live set's become increasingly complex recently; we've been doing stuff that's been vastly too much information for most people to deal with and I think it's quite interesting watching how people behave in those situations, under those circumstances. ↗

— Sean Booth

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There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that. ↗

— Anita Brookner

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Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

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