“If you're hit with a lawsuit that's untrue and the reasons you're hit with it aren't clear to you, there's a very big inclination on people's part to want to take responsibility for it - that this must be happening because I'm a terrible person, I did something, and I'm getting repaid for it.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsReasonBigsResponsibilityClearTerribleHappeningsTaking ResponsibilityInclinationUntrueLawsuit Author:Sean Young
“Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise.” RememberLeftTerribleHappeningsClaimsVietnam Author:James Donald
“The terrible thing about being blacklisted as an actress was that even though, intellectually, you knew what was happening, you still always wondered whether you weren't being hired because you weren't any good.” StillsTerribleHappeningsActressesTerrible Things Author:Kim Hunter
“Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync with what's happening, but at the same time, what I think keeps me afloat is that I try not to be, and don't want to be, very indulgent. I try to make the films as lean as possible, and to not spend a lot of time crawling up my own ass creatively.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingFilmStuffMy OwnTerribleHappeningsAssCrawlingSyncStuff I Like Author:Steven Soderbergh
“You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.” StoriesSufferingCan DoCommunityWorkViolenceBearsTerribleHappeningsHuman RightsIdeologyWitnessFree SpeechReportersTerrible Things Author:Anderson Cooper
“I am very optimistic because I have seen the changes in my lifetime. I have seen the world change for the better. We always think that present times is terrible, that what's happening today, it was never worse, that the world is going in the most awful direction. But I think that the world that my grandchildren will have will be better than the one I had when I turned 20.” ThinkingWorldTodayTerribleHappeningsLifetimeOptimisticAwfulGrandchildrenPresent TimeChange For The BetterMy Grandchildren Author:Isabel Allende
“The whole thing was set up very cleverly. The people who were torn from their normal lives and put on the trains may have heard that terrible things were happening in Auschwitz, but even up to the end, they kept on thinking: Perhaps it isn't so bad after all. And then they arrived and the SS told them: "The old people and the sick can take the truck. Anyone who is still young can walk." It took us a while to realize that the ones who were being driven were really being taken to the gas chambers.” PeopleThinkingMayStillsEndsWholeYoungRealizingWalksTakenHeardTerribleNormalHappeningsSickTrainDrivenGasTornOld PeopleTruckChamberTerrible ThingsNormal LifeAuschwitzVery CleverGas Chambers Author:Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
“I think people have a tendency to think of a writer as someone who wants to go take a walk, maybe case a library... I think that's great sometimes but we really treat it like Monday through Friday come in early. You're not late for inspiration. You're working through it no matter what is happening even if you're writing a terrible version.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingSometimesMatterInspirationWalksCasesTerribleLateHappeningsTreatsNo Matter WhatLibraryVersionsTendenciesMondayFriday Author:Roberto Orci
“Well, God doesn't intervene in many of the situations we would like Him to because He would have to intervene in everything that we say and do that is wrong right the way through to some of the most terrible things happening in nations. What He does is He gives us signs that He is with us and that we can draw help from Him. Jesus changed water into wine. That had no function really. They had already run out of wine in the party so he was only aiding and abetting more drinking.” WayGivingWellsDoeHelpingRunningJesusNationsWaterPartySituationChangedTerribleDrawsHappeningsFunctionWineDrinkingThings HappenTerrible Things Author:Gerald Coates
“I wouldn't change any part of my life that I've lived up until now. I kind of believe in fate a little bit and I believe that whether it be good or bad, everything is happening for a reason regardless of how good or how terrible it is.” BelieveKindLittlesReasonI BelieveBitsFateTerribleLittle BitHappeningsBe GoodHappening For A Reason Author:Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi
“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” LifeInspirationalHandsHappensMotivationalStrongWomenFreedomResponsibilityInspirational LifeTerribleHappeningsEthicsFemaleEmpowermentBlameManageBeing YourselfEmpoweringDecision MakingControlledWomen EmpowermentBe YouStrong WomenTaking ResponsibilityEmpoweredTerrible ThingsEmpowering WomenPersonal ResponsibilitySelf EmpowermentBeing A WomanOne WomanBeing StrongPowerful WomenIndependent WomenEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational WomenInspirational Strong WomenWomen PowerJust Being YouBeing A Strong WomanStrong Women And LoveNemesisBlaming OthersStrong InspirationalStrong Independent WomenWomanlySelf ResponsibilityYour StrongResponsibility For Your LifeEmpowering LoveStrong IndependentResponsibilities In LifeTrue WomanBeing A LadyBlaming Yourself Author:Erica Jong
“I had this idea about terrible things happening to orphans, and I knew it was such a horrible idea that the idea of writing it down and then submitting it professionally was obviously absurd.” WritingIdeasTerribleHappeningsDown AndThings HappenHorribleAbsurdTerrible ThingsOrphan Author:Daniel Handler
“I think a lot of women who are celebrities and who are very beautiful have terrible problems with their men being very controlling. Women allow themselves to be dominated and controlled by men in all sorts of other ways that are very complicated, you know? I don't really see a lot of women engaging in discussions about the struggles and power relations with men and their lives, like their bosses, boyfriends, husbands, coworkers. I don't see that happening very often, whereas I see a lot of misogyny on the internet. I see a lot of hatred towards women and a lot of fear of women.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayProblemBeautifulStruggleInternetTerribleHusbandHappeningsHatredRelationComplicatedDiscussionBossControlledMisogynyEngagingVery BeautifulCoworkerControlling Women Author:Anna Biller
“He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.” HumansCharacterHuman BeingsAttentionFailureTerribleHappeningsPaidFinestTerrible ThingsSalesman Author:Arthur Miller
“Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening. Excursions', said Magrat patienly. Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said. Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.” MeanSaidPlayWould BeBitsNiceListeningTerribleHappeningsBeing NiceShut UpNanniesGrannyExcursions Author:Terry Pratchett
“The city breathing, burning, living the life thy had preserved. Ten million lives and more. If something should happen to all that life - how terrible! Nita gulped for control as she remembered Fred's word of just this morning, an eternity ago. And this was what being a wizard was about. Keeping terrible things from happening, even when it hurts. Not just power, or control of what ordinary people couldn't control, or delight in being able to make strange things happen. Those were the side effects - not the reason, the purpose.” PeopleIfsShouldReasonHappensAblePurposeSidesHurtCitiesMorningMillionsEffectsStrangeTerribleTenHappeningsOrdinaryEternityDelightThings HappenBurningBreathingLive LifeRememberedIt HurtsOrdinary PeopleWizardsTerrible ThingsStrange ThingsSide Effects Author:Diane Duane
“My grandmother was overwhelmed by what was happening to us. She ahd moved back into the past because the here and the now was too terrible.” PastTerribleHappeningsMovedGrandmotherMy GrandmotherOverwhelmed Author:Alice Hoffman
“Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.” HappensForgetTerribleSorrowHappeningsAngerChristian InspirationalNever ForgetGood LifeQuestioningTerrible ThingsQuestioning Why Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.” SometimesHappensPositiveTerribleHappeningsPositivitySavedThings HappenTerrible ThingsBad Things Happen Author:Chuck Palahniuk