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Jai Ganesh

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Circumstances Quotes - V

Circumstances Quotes - V

1. I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. - Nelson Mandela

2. 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

3. Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. - Edmund Burke

4. I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available. - Hillary Clinton

5. It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. - Thomas Jefferson

6. I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching, and yet, so strange is imagination, all I thought of was some childish hypothesis or other. In such circumstances, you do not choose your own thoughts. They overcome you. - Jules Verne

7. Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.' - Stephen Covey

8. Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. - Michael Chang.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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