Occasion Quotes
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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
Wyclef Jean
Fugees
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Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion.
Jane Austen
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This is such a huge occasion for boxing, an iconic moment, with the response that we've seen, mainly good and some negative, I guarantee you with curiosity the whole world will be watching this fight.
Eddie Hearn
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Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.
Albert Einstein
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
Sigmund Freud
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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
Mahatma Gandhi
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For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou!
Lesley Lawson
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Don’t always consider all your options. Don’t necessarily go for the outcome that seems best every time. Make a mess on occasion. Travel light. Let things wait. Trust your instincts and don’t think too long. Relax. Toss a coin. Forgive, but don’t forget. To thine own self be true.
Brian Christian
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Life is an occasion...rise to it.
Dustin Hoffman
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On occasion, Frau Mertens, looking clean and fresh, would walk out into the fields to see how things were going. She had a colonial largesse about her. By way of greeting, she said “Heil Hitler” to us, with a smile. We would straightened up from the muddy earth and stare at her. No one said a word. She seemed disappointed.
Edith Hahn Beer
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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
Wolfgang Puck
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On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting.
William Scott
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
Albert Camus
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Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.
Suzanne Weyn
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If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.
George Eliot
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
Moliere
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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
Sidney Poitier
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I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
