Occasion Quotes
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What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"
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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
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On this night, on this occasion, on this Olympic day, I was able to come through.
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For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou!
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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
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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.
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
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God listens to our weeping when the occasion itself is beyond our knowledge, but still within His love and power.
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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
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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.
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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.
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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
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Life is an occasion...rise to it.
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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.
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The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine."
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You can make anything into a special occasion and dress up for it.
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The best hours of my life have been spent in a quiet corner or under a tree or on the beach with a book in my hands. I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I should stop reading so much and actually have a life, but do you know what I’ve figured out? People in books are much more interesting than the people who’ve told me that.
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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.
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... on the right occasion a bold choice of opening can unnerve even the most steely opponent.
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And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.
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A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.
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Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
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My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be.
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There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.
