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He sighed. " I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?" "No.

History unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled.

How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance.

How we live our lives does not,unfortunately depend on us alone.Circumstances,good or bad,constantly intervene.A person close to us die.A person not so close to us carries on living.All these things affect how we live.

Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.

Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.

Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.

I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances.

I agree with God’s Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.

Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.

I am an ardent supporter of Israel in all situations and in all circumstances.

I believe our techno-zealotry will be moderated by sheer circumstance. We will do what reality compels us to do, not necessarily what our fantasies propose.

I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man.

I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop, but I would recommend strongly that a person maintain his cool, and in no circumstances lose his temper. If you lose your temper, you are playing right into the cop's hands.

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

I didn't have a job. Employers were afraid of losing their reputations. I didn't have a reputation. I had zilch. So, I had the freedom, which unemployment gives you, and that was to behave as badly as I believed I should under the circumstances. And the circumstances were quite awful.

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.

I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.

I'd like to think that in any circumstance I'd say, "You know what? Screw this. Kill me. I'm done. I'm not going to grovel.

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

I didn't have this rebellious streak in me. To me, I'm a product of circumstance.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

I don't teach my students, I provide the circumstances in which they can learn.

I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can foresee circumstances in which these things would be by me unavoidable.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

I don't believe that France is capable of reform - at least not in normal times. Fortunately, we are experiencing exceptional circumstances at the moment. It is a moment in which everything is possible.

If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.

I feel I`ve always been on the outside and always on the edge of an abyss. The women I portray, and the woman I am, are ordinary but maybe find themselves in extra-ordinary circumstances, and what they do is at great cost.

I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern system, Wilhelm von Humboldt, also one of the founders of classical liberalism. That seems to me true today as well, though ideals of course have to be adapted to changing circumstances.

I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.