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Mankind's tragedy is that he can draw up blueprints for a better life but he cannot live up to them.


Barbara W. Tuchman

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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The greatest tragedy is when man gives up what he wants most for what he wants now!
UNKNOWN The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be fille...
HERMANN HESSE The tragedy of life is not that a man loses, but that he almost wins.
HEYWOOD BROUN In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an appe...
JOHN TILLOTSON We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON You can’t pay for tragedy with more tragedy, or draw life from death.” “I
CASSANDRA CLARE He was nasty. He had some real nice stuff. He was hitting his spots, and he ended up getting a W.
BRANDON PHILLIPS Etienne Barbara may not start but he will surely play a part during the match. I want to try him alo...
DUSAN FITZEL The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
HEYWOOD BROUN The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.
HEYWOOD C. BROUN Little by little, he is giving us more signs that he is getting better but he will not wake up for t...
FELIX UMANSKY It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom ...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY He was up for both games, but the team just couldn't surround him and draw off of him.
HOWARD KAULULAAU He developed to such a degree, he just grew and he just got better and better. The tragedy of having...
DANIEL MILLER He comes up with his own drills. He sets up the shooters where he wants them, and tells them where t...
ADAM HALL Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot
CHARLIE CHAPLIN A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffe...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Hodge had given up a long time ago trying to live a better life or a different one;
all he want...
CASSANDRA CLARE The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be ...
UMBERTO ECO The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be ...
UMBERTO ECO This was an incredibly horrible tragedy. A tragedy for the Swift family and a tragedy for the Morgan...
FERN ADELSTEIN Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN A man with few friends is only half-developed; there are whole sides of his nature which are locked ...
RANDOLPH BOURNE As a freshman, he is learning that and he is continuing to get better. You have to learn to wait for...
GARY GUADAGNINO The worst tragedy for a comedian of life is to live with morons!
DR. VINOD B. NAIR Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with th...
HELEN HAYES It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, no...
JIM ELLIOT So they talk about heaven, and I don't know what is waiting for me up there. But I can tell you ...
STEVE SABOL But he can back the talk up, ... He always backs it up. You can talk all you want, but at the same t...
IKE TAYLOR He's doing good. He's up to par with his subjects. He tells me he likes it. The only thing is that t...
FERDINAND BAILEY He came up firing but them came up empty. He was just flat.
GARRETT GOMEZ Rich can live better than poor but they cannot live without poor.
AMIT KALANTRI Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow direction...
ALEX GASKARTH Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ...
GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ...
ANDREW JACKSON Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man ...
ANDREW JACKSON ...but since He gave it them for their benefit and the greatest conveniences of life they were capab...
JOHN LOCKE As for the future hopefully he will carry on but today is the day, let's live it up.
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DAVID HERBERT DONALD He is a good back, but we didn't wrap up. We just didn't make the plays tonight. You can put them ou...
KELLY SEARS Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not b...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart;...
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
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FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
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FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
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HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI It is sad when a person falls into sin, but it is a tragedy when he does not want to get up and resu...
YUSAF Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born...
HELEN HAYES I am waiting for some remnant of my son that I can give him a proper burial, that I can erect a ston...
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BILL W. You think I would've shot it if he didn't draw it up?
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GRANT ACHATZ He used to sell drugs, but he got out of that. He was straightening up his life. He was never a viol...
GREGORY JONES Carlyle said, "A lie cannot live"; it shows he did not know how to tell them.
MARK TWAIN I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can't sit here and tell you what the velocity...
JIM TRACY Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ou...
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ou...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.
ROGER EBERT Once and for all, we will be able to see if he can make a tough choice and live up to his own promis...
BILL MAGAVERN But he proved them wrong. He woke up around Christmas, and that gave us the Christmas miracle we had...
AMY STOCKTON He cannot bear old men's jokes. That is not new. But now he begins to think of them himself.
MAX FRISCH Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with th...
HELEN HAYES Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN You can argue with a thousand scholars but not with one fool who thinks he's correct and perfect all...
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BEN BORRIES My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft...
TRACY MORGAN He knows he could never make amends for that tragedy.
MARK SISTI You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
ANDREW CARNEGIE I thought, it's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life, ...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER The MIT was a wake-up call for him. He just keeps getting better and better.
MARK SAVOIA A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fo...
DALTON TRUMBO The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
SAMUEL SMILES He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his lif...
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BARBARA ROSENBLAT I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recogni...
BARBARA ROSENBLAT As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for...
BARBARA ROSENBLAT I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Wat...
BARBARA ROSENBLAT I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all ...
BARBARA ROSENBLAT Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
BARBARA ROSENBLAT Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.
BARBARA PYM How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should t...
BARBARA PYM I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a c...
BARBARA PARK My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that ...
BARBARA PARK My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how de...
BARBARA PARK I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
BARBARA PARK My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to...
BARBARA PARK I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.
BARBARA PARK Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
BARBARA PARK Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is...
BARBARA PARK