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Quotes About Events

In reality, there are many little circumstances too often omitted by injudicious historians, from which events of the utmost importance arise. The world may indeed be considered as a vast machine, in which the great wheels are originally set in motion by those which are very minute, and almost imperceptible to any but the strongest eyes. Thus
~ Henry Fielding
I like places in which things have happened — even if they're sad things.
~ Henry James
The book is sustained on its own axis by the pure flux and rotation of events. Just as there is no central point, so also there is no question of heroism or of struggle since there is no question of will, but only an obedience to flow.
~ Henry Miller
Unless we see God's activity in the midst of them, we will be unaware of their spiritual significance. They will simply be events in a long succession of confusing occurrences. A miracle could take place, and we would miss it. But if we are sensitive to God's voice, these same events can hold enormous significance for us. Hudson
~ Henry T. Blackaby
Kiedy przywo?ujesz demona, dajesz mu sposobno?? wp?ywania na wydarzenia w twoim ?wiecie. Pomniejsze demony po prostu wyrz?dz? szkody, ale wi?ksze potrafi? by? subtelniejsze. I gro?niejsze.
~ Herbie Brennan
Nor, at the time, had it failed to enter his monomaniac mind, that all the anguish of that then present suffering was but the direct issue of a former woe; and he too plainly seemed to see, that as the most poisonous reptile of the marsh perpetuates his kind as inevitably as the sweetest songster of the grove; so, equally with every felicity, all miserable events do naturally beget their like.
~ Herman Melville
if some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. events, not books, should be forbid.
~ Herman Melville
I don't do many social events in the fashion industry. Instead, I go to things like the MTV awards because that's where I fit in - wearing a yellow tuxedo and no shirt on a red carpet.
~ Jeremy Scott
Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they weren't necessarily heroes at the beginning of this movie, so the movie is about the events that happen in their life to make them decide to be heroes.
~ Craig McCracken
History is about great forces, yes, but also about contingency.
~ Margaret MacMillan
Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
~ Larry Hagman
The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
~ Walter Winchell
Traditionally, what we in the news business do is cover what happened yesterday.
~ Nicholas Kristof
Why shouldn't poetry address what happened yesterday and be published in the newspaper?
~ Tony Harrison
We thought we could reinvent the way people came together for live events. We wanted to ticket everything from a five-person yoga class to a 10-person cookery class to a fashion event.
~ Julia Hartz
The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the world, of which one of the least remarked is this: the Muslims of the world are suffering.
~ James Buchan
I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York.
~ Josh Brolin
When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
~ Carl Hagelin
I've been a waitress for events, but a lady at the Victoria hotel in Yorkshire showed me how to do it properly.
~ Vicky Krieps
At a very young age in Canada, I had mapped out that my mission in life and my passion was live events.
~ Michael Rapino
Young girls - like friends of my daughter's - always ask if we do prom dresses, and we do dresses that would be lovely, but £2,000 isn't realistic for most girls. The Debenhams collection will hopefully be great for that sort of event because the price point is much lower.
~ Jenny Packham
I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects.
~ Barbara Hershey
Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by their own tactics and forced to travel a road not of their choosing. In short, radicals must have a degree of control over the flow of events.
~ Saul Alinsky
The difference between movies and TV is that in TV you have to have a trauma every week, but that event may not be the biggest event in the characters' lives.
~ Peter Capaldi