#occasion

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

#composer #despair #down #every #forgetting

On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

#american president #avoid #capabilities #contrary #convince

Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution. ↗

— William Bligh

#augmented #caution #conduct #did #general

I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

#attach #go #i #i remember #importance

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. ↗

— George Eliot

#any #feeling #general #little #much

We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#asean #collectively #cooperation #host #how

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#anti-semitism #argue #been #cannot #citizens

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. ↗

— Luther Burbank

#change #clean #keep #least #minds

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure. ↗

— Frances Burney

#imperial #insensibility #kinds #most #moves

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#continue #employ #extent #films #going