Tragedy

It's an absolute tragedy, ... Both defendants had tears in their eyes while they were talking to the judge and said it was nobody's fault but their own.

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our biggest tragedy and our biggest failure.

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Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

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The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

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If you just handpick 10 people off the street, probably half of them had some type of tragedy in their life, ... The difference in my case is that everyone knows about it.

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It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century.

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During this time of tragedy America offers its steadfast support to the British. We stand with them just as they stood with us on September 11th.

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She was a great kid. Just a really beautiful girl, ... This is an absolute tragedy.

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Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.

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There are only two tragedies in life one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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We must not use this tragedy as an excuse to let oil companies and other polluters evade the protections that safeguard the public's health.

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Their deaths are a terrible tragedy that cannot be justified.

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Tragedy is restful and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

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Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

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We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

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a great tragedy which will leave a scar on our souls.

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deeply distressed by the tragedy taking place in Kosovo and in the region ... The suffering of innocent civilians should not be further prolonged.

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Tragedy does not discriminate, and neither should relief agencies.

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In this world there are only two tragedies one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.

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People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

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It was a great tragedy ... an athlete dying young always sets us back. We see them as so strong and handsome. We don't think they'll crumble.

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I guess I don't have to point this out, that it's the second time I've hosted the Emmys after a national tragedy. And I just want to say that I'm honored because it's times like this that we really need laughter.

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The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

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