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Monday, June 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Quotations regarding 'Tragedy'

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It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.
Angela Carter, English Novelist (1940-1992)
It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.
Joyce Cary, Irish Novelist (1888-1957)
The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve.
Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Statesman (1944-  )
Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death.
Whittaker Chambers, American Writer (1901-1961)
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin, English Actor (1889-1977)
The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.
Chris Chocola, American Politician (1962-  )
We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.
Helen Clark, New Zealander Statesman (1950-  )
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer (1917-2008)
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.
Albert Claude, Belgian Scientist (1899-1983)
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist (1876-1944)
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
Tom Cochrane, Canadian Musician (1953-  )
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Jean Cocteau, French Director (1889-1963)
It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.
Judy Collins, American Musician (1939-  )
My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.
Judy Collins, American Musician (1939-  )
I think art can reflect tragedy.
John Corigliano, American Composer (1938-  )
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist (1606-1684)
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
Norman Cousins, American Editor (1915-  )
We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.
Alex Cox, British Director (1954-  )
Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers.
Stafford Cripps, British Politician (1889-1952)
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer (1857-1938)
 
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