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Happened Quotes

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal Picture Quote #1

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice Picture Quote #1

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away Picture Quote #1

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research Picture Quote #1

Actually I don’t remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs Picture Quote #1

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat Picture Quote #1

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I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they’d be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me Picture Quote #1

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget Picture Quote #1

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story Picture Quote #1

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person Picture Quote #1

Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality Picture Quote #1

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten Picture Quote #1

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I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it Picture Quote #1

With any role, you’re extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you Picture Quote #1

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter Picture Quote #1

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened Picture Quote #1

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way Picture Quote #1

History is man’s best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order Picture Quote #1

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Not, not mine: it’s somebody else’s wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away Picture Quote #1

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances Picture Quote #1

We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that it can explain us and make a future possible Picture Quote #1

All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn’t read, and their rulers didn’t care about remembering what happened to them Picture Quote #1

People lie because they don’t remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can’t help making a story better than it was the way it happened Picture Quote #1

After inside upheavals, it is important to fix on imperturbable things. Their imperturbableness, their air that nothing has happened renews our guarantee Picture Quote #1

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Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody’s name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect Picture Quote #1

I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war Picture Quote #1

It’s always good to take something that’s happened in your life and make something of it comedically Picture Quote #1

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion Picture Quote #1

It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened in those times. But you are always moved by the suspicion that you are also showing something about our contemporary world Picture Quote #1

After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time Picture Quote #1

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The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal (Happened Quotes) We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice (Happened Quotes) When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away (Happened Quotes) Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research (Happened Quotes) Actually I don’t remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs (Happened Quotes) The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat (Happened Quotes) I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they’d be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me (Happened Quotes) A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget (Happened Quotes) What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story (Happened Quotes) Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person (Happened Quotes) Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality (Happened Quotes) Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten (Happened Quotes) I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it (Happened Quotes) With any role, you’re extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you (Happened Quotes) Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter (Happened Quotes) The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened (Happened Quotes) The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way (Happened Quotes) History is man’s best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order (Happened Quotes) Not, not mine: it’s somebody else’s wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away (Happened Quotes) The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances (Happened Quotes) We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that it can explain us and make a future possible (Happened Quotes) All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn’t read, and their rulers didn’t care about remembering what happened to them (Happened Quotes) People lie because they don’t remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can’t help making a story better than it was the way it happened (Happened Quotes) After inside upheavals, it is important to fix on imperturbable things. Their imperturbableness, their air that nothing has happened renews our guarantee (Happened Quotes) Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody’s name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect (Happened Quotes) I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war (Happened Quotes) It’s always good to take something that’s happened in your life and make something of it comedically (Happened Quotes) I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion (Happened Quotes) It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened in those times. But you are always moved by the suspicion that you are also showing something about our contemporary world (Happened Quotes) After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time (Happened Quotes)

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