Carl Jung
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
"We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become."
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Johnny Cash
Musician, Singer-songwriter
"There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at."
Anne Frank
Diaries Writer
"What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet."
Kendrick Lamar
Rapper, Songwriter
"What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting - it starts from within."
Russell Means
Activist, Actor
"If you learn from an experience, that's good - so nothing bad happened to you."
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"Most of us spend our lives protecting ourselves from losses that have already happened."
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"Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened."
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"Some of the worst things in my life never even happened."
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"Now is all we have. Everything that has ever happened to you, and anything that is ever going to happen to you, is just a thought."
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"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."
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"The things we fear the most have already happened to us."
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"Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened."
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"The worse that could happen has already happened to me."
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"Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!"
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"Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen."
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"I put myself in the way of things happening, and they happened."
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"Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both."
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"Nothing ever happened except God."
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"Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t."
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"If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today."
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"Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally."
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"It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened."
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"If you never noticed, it never happened."
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"I've been fortunate to live a very full professional life. Most of it has happened through God's graciousness and not from something I've imagined."
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"My God. What's happened?"
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