“Things do not happen, we must make them happen”
Margaret George book The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra
“At his best, things do not happen to the artist; he happens to them.”
The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)
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“sometimes the best thing to do is to
pretend it didn't happen”
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Janette Oke (1935) Canadian writer
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Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
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“See? That's what happens when you keep people from doing what they do best: It makes them insane.”
Rene Balcer (1954) screenwriter, producer and director
Det. Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
“Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.”
Paulo Coelho book Like the Flowing River
Source: Like the Flowing River
