“It’s hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else died in suspicious circumstances. We refer of course to the likes of JFK, Martin Luther King, Benazir Bhutto, Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, to name but a few.” WarHardCoursesNamesNumbersKingsCircumstancesDiedDenyLikesLutherSuspiciousLoneLennonPeace Not WarDerangedBobby KennedyGunmenBhutto Author:James Morcan
“In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look at people like Vincent van Gogh or Jean-Michel Basquiat-there's a long, long list of artists who have died in tragic circumstances, and far, far too early.” PeopleIfsLooksLongArtistLeftCircumstancesDiedImpactListsTragicGreat ArtVansGreat ArtistBasquiat Author:Simon de Pury
“[Eugene] O'Neill made a living, certainly, at least. But each of these forms have sort of died the death in turn, and it's a simple fact of that universe that talent then migrates away from these forms, and then the amateurs get in, like lunatics in the ruins, sort of pretending to be artists. If you're ambitious enough to want to be a writer to begin with, you want to be a writer in some circumstances where there are rewards, where there's notice, where you don't have to be a teacher, and where you're frankly not nuts for wasting your time.” IfsWantMadeEnoughFactsFormArtistTurnsUniverseSimpleTeacherTalentCircumstancesDiedRewardsRuinsPretendingNutsAmbitiousWasting Your TimeMigrateEugene O Neill Author:William Monahan
“Whether or not belive in Fate comes down to one thing: who you blame when something goes wrong. Do you think it's your fault - that if you'd tried better, worked harder, it wouldn't have happened? Or do you just chalk it up to circumstance? I know poeple who'll hear about the people who died, and will say that it was God's will. I know people who'll say it was bad luck. And then there's my personal favorite: They were just in the wrong place at hte wrong time. Then again, you could say the same thing about me, couldn't you?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFateHappenedOne ThingCircumstancesHarderDiedBlameLuckFaultsGods WillBad LuckBeliveWrong TimeChalk Author:Jodi Picoult