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Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.


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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.
EPICTETUS Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
EPICTETUS Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them
EPICTETUS People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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JOAN MILES We will not just stand by and let things happen.
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ERIC BOGOSIAN Bad things happen when problems are protected by a force field of tediousness.
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BENJAMIN SUULOLA Bad things happen sometimes.
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CLAIRE DENIS The best things happen when you're not overthinking it.
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GARY HOPKINS The rich makes things happen for people,but the poor makes things happen for themselves only.
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UNKNOWN I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.
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JENNIFER WARD A lot of things could happen, but we can't be paralyzed by that. I'd like to be an optimist. We're a...
DAVE BUHLER Things like that really don't happen, but this is not your typical suburb, it's part of the city.
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STEPHEN RICHARDS There are just things that are going to happen that are driven by regional, national and global even...
DONALD FRASER Bad things that were going to happen have not happened,
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ANDY WARHOL Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.
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BILLY BUTLER I think that things happen for a reason.
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CHUCK NOLL Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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