Uncommon Quotes
178 Uncommon quotes by 147 unique authors
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On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon is as accessible as the common. The very fragmentation of the Internet allows us…
— Virginia Postrel
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The 12-hour workday is not uncommon to anyone anymore.
— Jordana Spiro
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Humanity hungers for the uncommon.
— Michael Leunig
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People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so…
— Arlo Guthrie
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LOL is rarely OL, or even really L. A real out-loud laugh - not the forced social variety, which is closer to barking than laughing…
— Mary Roach
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Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that he can see…
— Benedict Wong
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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
— George Washington Carver
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Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
— Chester W. Nimitz
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It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must…
— Mary Garden
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While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon…
— Randy Forbes
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It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it…
— Dee Hock
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Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold…
— Erma Bombeck
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I read one time that when the Polynesians were still innocent it wasnt uncommon to see them alongside a road engaging in sex. To them…
— Martin Dansky
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I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The…
— Lord Byron
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Eustacia is majestic and uncommon type of Woman.
— RMKATTA
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I am, to me, but a common man; that lives, dares, to be, uncommon things.
— Eric Nickel
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To be in a Community means working together to create a better community that responds to everyone's needs. Regardless of age, background or past mistakes,…
— George Stamatis
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Be Unique; be uncommon, needed, irreplaceable, quite solo, unusual and extremely rare.
— Unknown Author
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Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
— Chester W. Nimitz
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Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about
— Ashleigh Brilliant
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LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
— Ambrose Bierce
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When a man's talk is commonplace and his writings uncommon, it means that his talent lies in the place from which he borrows it, and…
— Michel De Montaigne
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Don't live life just to fit in. Be magnificent. Be uncommon.
— Tahj Mowry
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Simplicity is becoming a necessity for the majority of interactions between individuals in the social world, logic is lost, ignorance is praised, and common sense…
— Nathan Schwake
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I think it's funny: when your local area has delicious fruit, you'd still choose a fruit that is uncommon in your area even if it…
— Guardian
Who Wrote These Uncommon Quotes
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