“No matter where you're born in life or what the circumstances are when you're born, like your parents being poor or not connected to power, you have a chance in this country to go as far as your talent and your work will take you.” CountryMatterParentBornChancePoorTalentLike YouCircumstancesConnected Author:Marco Rubio
“You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.” PeopleLike YouCircumstancesConsciencePerceive Author:Carolyn Hax
“The point of the adversity is to toughen your mind so that you can handle difficult circumstances in life. Your mind, toughen just like you toughen your body. So it really depends on what you need. It really depends on the individual.” NeedsMindBodyIndividualDifficultLike YouDependsCircumstancesAdversityYour BodyHandleDifficult Circumstances Author:Robert Greene
“[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.” PeopleWorldCultureFightingBlackOur LivesLike YouCircumstancesBlack People Author:Denzel Washington
“The tragedy is what - given the 'right circumstances,' - normal decent folks, like you and me, will do. This is what makes me worry whenever looking on the road that Israel entered and shows no intention of leaving.” ShowsGivenWorryLike YouCircumstancesNormalTragedyIntentionLeavingFolksIsraelDecent Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I remember reading a book called, "From Niggas To Gods, Part One" by Andre Akil; the book was so easy to read, it was in capital letters with exclamation marks because Akil was screaming at us. It was about getting out of the mindset that this system has put you in. This mindset that makes you feel like your circumstances are permanent and wherever you're born is where you're going to end up. You have to realize who you are.” BookRememberReadingEasyRealizingLike YouCircumstancesWho You AreMindsetExclamation Author:Charlamagne Tha God
“Technology allows us to weed out a lot of the extraneous circumstances that can happen in certain environments. If you have an opportunity to say, "I'm going to be in charge of my own narrative. I'm going to be the one who sees that this is OK for me," like anything else, it just gives you a position of feeling like you can be in charge of those things.” GivingFeelingsOpportunityTechnologyEnvironmentLike YouCircumstancesWeed Author:Kate Hudson