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The tragedy of life lies not in not reaching your goals, but in having no goals to reach. – Benjamin E. Mays	added by Normando 8 months ago
It's a crime and a tragedy when governments legalize harmful drugs like cannabis but criminalize vital human rights like Death With Dignity. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 9 months ago
It's a tragedy when people will defend the use of harmful drugs, alcohol, sex, obnoxious parties, but they won't defend integrity and justice. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 9 months ago
President Putin must not win this war because that will not only be a tragedy for Ukrainians, but it will also make the world more dangerous, it will send a message to authoritarian leaders all over the world, also in China, that when they use military force, they get what they want. – Jens Stoltenberg	Found on New York Times 10 months ago
From the days of Spartacus, Weishophf, Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire. – Sir Winston Churchill	added by Normando 10 months ago
It can take days to weeks to months to process tragedy, reach out for support, listen to each other’s feelings, and set boundaries around how much you’re taking in of current crises. – Shairi Turner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Philstavious Dowdell and the other victims of the senseless tragedy last night. – Rich Rodriguez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Maybe today the situation is less critical than in 2015, but that the tragedy … is the result of a weakness or ineffectiveness in the decision making process both in Italy and in Europe, whose responsibility is it to rescue people lost at sea, who is monitoring the process and making the decisions? In doing this, authorities, and we all, should always keep in mind that the main issue at stake here is very immediate and clear: saving human lives. – Daniele Fiorentino	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers. – Jim Ryan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Out of respect for the privacy of our teammates and their families, we will not be sharing the names of the crew members at this time. Please keep Life Saver 4 and everyone impacted by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers. – Air Methods	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The tragedy that happened in my state was the result of a depraved person and somebody very very sick. And the result has been absolutely devastating for the people in my community. Right now with the victims, the family and the people in my community – we are all mourning right now. – Bill Hagerty	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing, law enforcement is conducting its investigation, and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. We appreciate the outpouring of support we have received, and we are tremendously grateful to the first responders who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff. – Covenant School	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Many patients are missing months of therapy, the real tragedy is the patients partially under treatment who have had great responses and we can’t get them the rest of their therapy in a timely fashion. – Daniel Spratt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The death of that five-year-old is a tragedy and our deepest condolences go out to that family. – Byron Thomas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I thought it was important for me to clarify the unfortunate remarks I made earlier, in no way did I intend to downplay the seriousness of this situation or the tragedy of that night. – Nate Oats	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He’s a fighter and he’s just so funny. In the midst of this tragedy, he just wants to put you at ease. it’s crazy to think how big this story is. I mean, granted, you know, Jeremy is a huge personality, huge superstar. – Taylor Handley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The consequences for students are enormous, they are denied the opportunity to learn and grow, students are denied the opportunity to hear important perspectives. That’s the real tragedy. – Irene Mulvey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s a crisis within a crisis, this tragedy will impact children, entire families, some that have been displaced over 20 times. It’s just going to be adding on to the psychological impact that they’ve already faced. – Leena Zahra	Found on CNN 1 year ago
But the administration could not be bothered, this tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger. – Diane Toscano	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger. – Diane Toscano	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s a tragedy that we hear about far too often but today has hit home here in San Mateo County. – Chunli Zhao	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There were farm workers affected tonight; there were children on the scene at the incidents. This is a truly heartbreaking tragedy in our community. – Ray Mueller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When these shootings happen, there’s so much despair, there’s so much tragedy and fear that can ripple across communities. – Kelsey Gastineau	Found on CNN 1 year ago
But we just do n’t know right now how he came into possession of the gun, why he wanted the gun, what the context of this whole tragedy is, so it’s hard to know if there’s criminal liability or not, and who should have it. – Andrew Block	Found on CNN 1 year ago

The tragedy of life lies not in not reaching your goals, but in having no goals to reach.

– Benjamin E. Mays

added by Normando
8 months ago

It's a crime and a tragedy when governments legalize harmful drugs like cannabis but criminalize vital human rights like Death With Dignity.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
9 months ago

It's a tragedy when people will defend the use of harmful drugs, alcohol, sex, obnoxious parties, but they won't defend integrity and justice.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
9 months ago

President Putin must not win this war because that will not only be a tragedy for Ukrainians, but it will also make the world more dangerous, it will send a message to authoritarian leaders all over the world, also in China, that when they use military force, they get what they want.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

From the days of Spartacus, Weishophf, Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.

– Sir Winston Churchill

added by Normando
10 months ago

It can take days to weeks to months to process tragedy, reach out for support, listen to each other’s feelings, and set boundaries around how much you’re taking in of current crises.

– Shairi Turner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Philstavious Dowdell and the other victims of the senseless tragedy last night.

– Rich Rodriguez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Maybe today the situation is less critical than in 2015, but that the tragedy … is the result of a weakness or ineffectiveness in the decision making process both in Italy and in Europe, whose responsibility is it to rescue people lost at sea, who is monitoring the process and making the decisions? In doing this, authorities, and we all, should always keep in mind that the main issue at stake here is very immediate and clear: saving human lives.

– Daniele Fiorentino

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As we await more details, we are deploying employee assistance support and keeping everyone affected by this tragedy in our thoughts and prayers.

– Jim Ryan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Out of respect for the privacy of our teammates and their families, we will not be sharing the names of the crew members at this time. Please keep Life Saver 4 and everyone impacted by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers.

– Air Methods

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The tragedy that happened in my state was the result of a depraved person and somebody very very sick. And the result has been absolutely devastating for the people in my community. Right now with the victims, the family and the people in my community – we are all mourning right now.

– Bill Hagerty

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing, law enforcement is conducting its investigation, and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. We appreciate the outpouring of support we have received, and we are tremendously grateful to the first responders who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff.

– Covenant School

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Many patients are missing months of therapy, the real tragedy is the patients partially under treatment who have had great responses and we can’t get them the rest of their therapy in a timely fashion.

– Daniel Spratt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The death of that five-year-old is a tragedy and our deepest condolences go out to that family.

– Byron Thomas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I thought it was important for me to clarify the unfortunate remarks I made earlier, in no way did I intend to downplay the seriousness of this situation or the tragedy of that night.

– Nate Oats

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s a fighter and he’s just so funny. In the midst of this tragedy, he just wants to put you at ease. it’s crazy to think how big this story is. I mean, granted, you know, Jeremy is a huge personality, huge superstar.

– Taylor Handley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The consequences for students are enormous, they are denied the opportunity to learn and grow, students are denied the opportunity to hear important perspectives. That’s the real tragedy.

– Irene Mulvey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s a crisis within a crisis, this tragedy will impact children, entire families, some that have been displaced over 20 times. It’s just going to be adding on to the psychological impact that they’ve already faced.

– Leena Zahra

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But the administration could not be bothered, this tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger.

– Diane Toscano

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger.

– Diane Toscano

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s a tragedy that we hear about far too often but today has hit home here in San Mateo County.

– Chunli Zhao

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There were farm workers affected tonight; there were children on the scene at the incidents. This is a truly heartbreaking tragedy in our community.

– Ray Mueller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When these shootings happen, there’s so much despair, there’s so much tragedy and fear that can ripple across communities.

– Kelsey Gastineau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But we just do n’t know right now how he came into possession of the gun, why he wanted the gun, what the context of this whole tragedy is, so it’s hard to know if there’s criminal liability or not, and who should have it.

– Andrew Block

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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