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What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

Emile M. Cioran

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

World, Rights, Conflicts

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? Emile M. Cioran

Nature, His, Would

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde

Getting, Only, Other

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. Nora Ephron

Next, One Day, Stories

I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had. Robin Gibb

Bee, Fortune, Bee Gees

War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies. David Mamet

War, Some, Stories

The only thing that gets reported are the tragedies. But it rarely gets reported when somebody actually uses their Second Amendment right with a gun to protect themselves against a criminal. Steve Scalise

Gun, Against, Amendment

I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there's more. Dave Grohl

Doing, Almost Everything

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto. Stokely Carmichael

Racism, Been, Which

There is nothing just or fair about what happened to Jordan Edwards. And his story is yet another in a long line of tragedies that now powerfully remind us of the long way we still have to go in creating a fair and just relationship between law enforcement, our criminal justice system, and the public our laws are supposed to protect. Kristen Soltis Anderson

Line, About, Another

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime. Johnny Ball

Life, Your, Needed

I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin. Graham Nash

Vietnam War, Both Sides

The emotional stuff is the biggest challenge, for me to access that. As life passes, you encounter difficulties and tragedies, and so it becomes easier. 'Carnivale' required that of me, and it was really hard. Carla Gallo

Emotional, Access, Encounter

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw

Lose, Desire, Other

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. Robert Ballard

Quiet, Rest, Remains

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies. Rose Kennedy

Moving On, Selfish, Concern

All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test. Pat Nixon

Strong, Tears, Been

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways. Glenn Close

Think, Always, Stories

Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life. Chandra Wilson

Middle, Certainly, Mixed

Since the tragedies, the Department of Homeland Security was established to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, and most importantly, to share intelligence information among government agencies and departments. Randy Forbes

United, Homeland, Terrorist

Disney features, especially the early ones, were horror movies with cute critters: Greek tragedies with a hummable chorus. Forcing children to confront the loss of home, parent, friends and fondest pets, these films imposed shock therapy on four-year-olds. Richard Corliss

Parent, Pets, Imposed

As I get older, I find myself getting angrier and angrier. Doubtless, change itself, not to mention physical decline and inevitable petty tragedies of disappointed expectations, would have made for resentment in any event; but I used to be a passive schoolboy, my negative impulses turned obediently inward. William T. Vollmann

Used, Turned, Schoolboy

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are. Tony Dorsett

Selfish, Make, How

On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. Jimmy Carter

My Life, Country, Been

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. Paul Klee

Art, Expression, Sculptures

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life. Jessica Lange

Death, More, Familiar

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