When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky.
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
o endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.
Yuri Orlov: [narrating] There are two types of tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.
I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.
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.
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
You go down to Skid Row and you see literally hundreds of people and not just men, but women and children as well. It's really a tragedy that our society has come to that.
'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.
Thoughtful minds grow, in the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy.
Thoughtful minds grow, from the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy.
