“It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too simplistic to think in terms of random 'luck.' Even from a scientific point of view, this is not a sufficient explanation.” IfsThinkingTermViewsCircumstancesLuckyLuckRewardsPoint Of ViewFortunateExplanationSufficientCustomsUnfortunateUnluckyUnfortunate Circumstances Book:Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists Source: Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists
“It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like slavery or something else, in places like New Orleans and Havana and Brazil. And those are places where the European culture and indigenous culture and African culture all met and lived together, and some new kind of culture and especially music came out of that.” KindSometimesTogetherCultureResultsPlanetsCircumstancesMetsSlaveryMusicalUnfortunateNew OrleansIndigenousBrazilHavanaAfrican CultureIndigenous CultureUnfortunate Circumstances Author:David Byrne
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.” MatterStatesGovernmentSocialExistenceMastersDutyCitizensCircumstancesVictimMereCharityCaringAidsServantUnfortunateAdverse Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.” PeopleWritingYearsEndsFactsKidsSchoolThreeWorstCircumstancesExpectationsTestsBottomBackgroundsDespiteThe End Of The DayThree YearsUnfortunateGroundedPublic SchoolBaltimoreUnshakableHigh ExpectationsUnshakable FaithUnfortunate Circumstances Author:Michelle Rhee
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.” LifeI CanBodyFallOpportunityEnergySpeakVoiceAttitudeDestinyStudyFateShareCircumstancesRegardLive LifeCurseToneMy TimeUnfortunateMy ThoughtsSelectPray LoveEat Pray Love BookEat Pray And LoveBest Eat Pray LoveJurisdictionEat Love PrayI Can ReadBali Eat Pray LoveUnfortunate Circumstances Author:Elizabeth Gilbert