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“As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.”

Humans Matter Able Human Beings Circumstances Blessing Normal Extremes Curse

Author:Kevin Powers

“I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.”

People Persons Sometimes Humanity Position Circumstances Extremes Short Time

Author:Irvine Welsh

“Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation.”

Real Ends Enough Situation Circumstances Extremes Abstract The End Of The Day

Author:Boaz Lavie

“The events we most desire do not happen; or, if they do, it is neither in the time nor in the circumstances when they would have given us extreme pleasure.”

Ifs Happens Desire Given Pleasure Events Circumstances Extremes Anticipation

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“in extreme circumstances I think embarrassment is a luxury.”

Thinking Circumstances Extremes Luxury Embarrassment

Author:Fred Vargas

“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.”

War Circumstances Extremes Surrender Alternatives Acceptable Strike Back Empire Strikes Back

Author:Leigh Brackett

“Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances.”

“I'm always after putting people in extreme circumstances. I'm always after not knowing what I'm doing in those extreme circumstances.”

People Knowing Circumstances Extremes Not Knowing

Author:Danny Boyle

“People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at all. I think extremes are misleading. I think there's a problem and it's of modest dimensions.”

People Thinking Feels Problem Sides Circumstances Baseball Extremes Discussion Dimensions Modest No Problem Mislead

Author:Andrew Zimbalist

“Averages might mean something to bureaucrats and engineers, but the sea had no struck with statistics: it was a succession of unpredictable circumstances and extremes.”

Mean Might Sea Circumstances Average Extremes Statistics Engineers Unpredictable Succession Bureaucrats

Author:Frank Schatzing

“I've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.”

Said Character Circumstances Extremes Opera Soap

Author:Anthony Geary

“As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.”

Thinking Actors Interesting Circumstances Extremes Agonizing

Author:Kristin Scott Thomas

“With overwhelming military strength now deployed against him and with intense monitoring from space surveillance and the U.N. inspection team on the ground, any belligerent move by Saddam against a neighbor would be suicidal....If Iraq does possess such concealed weapons, as is quite likely, Saddam would use them only in the most extreme circumstances, in the face of an invasion of Iraq, when all hope of avoiding the destruction of his regime is lost.”

“Athletes and actors do really crazy things and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.”

Actors Crazy Circumstances Athlete Extremes Crazy Things

Author:Anika Noni Rose

“I have thought about this issue of abortion time and again. It is not an easy issue for most people. I came to believe over the years that a woman should be able to make this agonizing decision with her doctor and her family and her conscience, and that we should be very careful that we don't make that decision a crime except in the most extreme circumstances.”

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Author:Dick Durbin

“My favorites movies are always character driven, it's the human equation that makes horror interesting to me, not the monsters. It's how people handle extreme circumstances.”

People Humans Character Interesting Circumstances Horror Extremes Driven Monsters Handle Equations

Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly

“It's really interesting - I wanted to become an actress when I was young because I wanted to do romantic comedy. And I did a lot of comedies very early on, but then my career took kind of a left turn with Joss Whedon, and I discovered that doing genre work is actually more interesting as an actor, because the given circumstances are more extreme. And it really is creatively more challenging.”

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Author:Julie Benz

“The warrior must continue to make decisions in the face of extreme circumstances. He cannot afford to get angry or frightened.”

Faces Decision Circumstances Angry Extremes Warrior Frightened

Author:George Friedman

“To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human spirit to endure and give a miracle a chance to happen.”

Giving Humans Persons Happens Spirit Term Chance Circumstances Miracle Endure Extremes Permit Human Spirit Defiance

Book:The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

Source: The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness