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The real tragedy of our postcolonial world is not that the majority of people had no say in whether or not they wanted this new world; rather, it is that the majority have not been given the tools to negotiate this new world.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
tragedy real people
The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst... by Chinmayananda Saraswati

The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.

Chinmayananda Saraswati
midst tragedy comfort
Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly for ever. by Chinua Achebe

Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly for ever.

Chinua Achebe
tragedy real goes-on

If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

Chogyam Trungpa
silence tragedy might

At some level, Trump is more radical than the NRA. In the wake of Orlando, he was calling on people to walk into bars fully armed as a means to prevent future tragedies.

Chris Murphy
tragedy mean people
If you could envision... the meaning of a tragedy... you might be... by Christina Perri

If you could envision... the meaning of a tragedy... you might be surprised to hear, its you and me.

Christina Perri
tragedy might inspirational

If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.

Christine Lagarde
degrees tragedy brother
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a mom... by Christopher Fry

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

Christopher Fry
eternity-of-life tragedy time
I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without ha... by Christopher Hitchens

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Christopher Hitchens
sense-of-humor tragedy thinking
There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy. by Christopher Paul Curtis

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Christopher Paul Curtis
blurry lines tragedy
Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories o... by Christopher Pike

Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.

Christopher Pike
tragedy memories
That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at t... by Christopher Pike

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.

Christopher Pike
mysterious-things moments tragedy
I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy... by Chuck Close

I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.

Chuck Close
terrible tragedy suffering

Today, a young person that doesn't know themselves will totally be sold some other situation. Let's do your avatar. You know? And young people are going out, spending what little they have to try to buy themselves when they don't have themselves, or they feel like they don't have themselves. To me, that's like a damn pimp tragedy.

Chuck D
pimp tragedy people
Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dis... by Chuck Palahniuk

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution.

Chuck Palahniuk
evolution tragedy natural

Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

Chuck Palahniuk
tragedy life-is philosophy

A comedy ends with a wedding, and a tragedy ends with a funeral: you always have to juxtapose sex and death.

Chuck Palahniuk
funeral tragedy sex

I'm going to be criticized by lots of "scholars," but I think Shakespeare's best comedy often appears in his tragedies, actually. Not necessarily in his comedies.

Chukwudi Iwuji
comedy tragedy thinking

All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with real comedy, there will be tragic moments in it.

Chukwudi Iwuji
tragedy real giving

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

Claude Monet
moral tragedy world
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