![The weakness of modern tragedy[is that] transgression against the social code is made to bring destruction, as though the social code worked our irrevocable fate.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-weakness-of-modern-tragedyis-that-transgression-against-the-social-code-is.jpg)
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fate men should-have
I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate. Whitney Cummings
fate men important
It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words. Ursula K. Le Guin
fate done waste
Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest. Robert Hunter
fate
We hasten to alienate the very fates we intended to woo. Vladimir Nabokov
fate doe consent
Fate does not always seek our consent. Zedd
fate
their own fate and the fate of their families, their children, all of us. Ehud Barak
fate seven
The fate of these seven refineries -- you don't know how long they'll be out for. Andrew Lebow
fate operating-systems
It is the fate of operating systems to become free. Neal Stephenson
fate destiny men
Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land. Joseph B. Wirthlin
tragedy skinny sage
..Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy. Richelle Mead
tragedy links ruins
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bond between events on the battlefield and his own ruin was forged, and, as is essential in genuine tragedy, the gods used the victim himself to forge the links. William Manchester
tragedy culture warning
Modern culture appears to have adopted a strategy of tragedy. If we come here and say, I didn't intend to cause global warning, it's not part of my plan, then we realize it's part of our defacto plan because it's the thing that's happening because we have no other plan. William McDonough
tragedy faces looks
Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular. Saul Alinsky
tragedy misery determined
I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him. Nelson Mandela
tragedy castles comedy
There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy. Nathan Fillion
tragedy farce doe
Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago. Julian Barnes
tragedy alive said
It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive. Patrick Rothfuss
tragedy tao inspired
The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. Olivia Wilde
literature prophet prove
Jesters do often prove prophets. Joseph Addison
literature london able
During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. George Andrew Olah
literature lasts should
[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. James Russell Lowell
literature stories short-story
The short story is the literature of the nomad. John Cheever
literature
To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like Northrop Frye
literature classic produce
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.
literature doe students
I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning.
literature study subjects
Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.
literature now-and-then made
...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened. Norman Maclean