Extraordinary Quotes

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The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me — Chris Van Allsburg
Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day. — Ron Chernow
You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know… — Joan Armatrading
Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed? — John Keegan
I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever natural gifts he… — Eiji Yoshikawa
A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an… — Abraham Verghese
We are part of nature, a product of a long evolutionary journey. To some degree, we carry the ancient oceans in our blood. … Our… — Murray Bookchin
Occam's razor suggests that, if some event is physically plausible, we don't need recourse to more extraordinary claims for its being. Surely the requirement of… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we… — Joseph Priestley
I have never sought out the extraordinary or the scoop. I looked at what complemented my life. The beauty of the ordinary was always the… — Willy Ronis
A fascinating, insightful, and new treatment from the perspective of an intimately involved former Iranian senior official on Iran's nuclear program and responses to it.… — Thomas R. Pickering
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history. — Raymond Williams
I think what teenagers lack is the belief that they can be unique and extraordinary in life. Make the most of your age because you're… — Sabirul Islam
Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn. — Lou Holtz
Guilt? It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism -- and it's very unhealthy. It… — Ted Bundy
The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Our top priority now is to get on with the building process. My personal peace has come… — Mamie Till
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped… — Aime Cesaire
To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to… — Novalis
The integral approach is committed to the full spectrum of consciousness as it manifests in all its extraordinary diversity. This allows the integral approach to… — Ken Wilber
As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on… — David Platt
If I am to be known for anything as governor-general, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about… — Romeo LeBlanc
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary… — Malcolm Wallop
We live in an extraordinary time. We are caught up in a pace of social and technological change that makes our work, our business and… — Fernando Flores
We live in an extraordinary time — Fernando Flores

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