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For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the… — James Madison
Fear is a distorting mirror in which anything can appear as a caricature of itself, stretched to terrible proportions; once inflamed, the imagination pursues the… — Stefan Zweig
Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure. — Gail Z. Martin
Honestly, my character doesn't have much in common with Harry Potter besides the fact that he's an unlikely hero who's thrown into a huge situation. — Logan Lerman
None but the most blindly credulous will imagine the characters and events in this story to be anything but fictitious. It is true that the… — Unknown Author
It's easy to see why conservatives would be salivating at the thought of a Hillary primary challenge. Presidents who face serious primary challenges—Ford, Carter, Bush… — Peter Beinart
First, we are born in the same galaxy. Born of the same species. Our lifetimes overlap. The meetings between humans are so unlikely as to… — Hikaru Nakamura
Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy… — Dana Reeve
Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived… — Jonathon Porritt
At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one. — Herbert Marcuse
Inspiration comes whenever it wants, even at the most unlikely times and in the most inappropriate situations. Often it arrives bit by bit. Therefore it… — Piero Ferrucci
As a people, we value family, education and success. Hunger is an enemy to all three. Scientific studies have demonstrated that even brief periods of… — Ted Danson
We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to end its orgy… — David Graeber
Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many… — Lilian Katz
Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible — Ally Condie
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our… — Herodotus
It is unlikely that we will ever see a star being born. Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young,… — Heinz Pagels
I suppose I'm the only person who remembers one of the most exciting of his ballets-it's the fruit of an unlikely collaboration between Nijinsky on… — Alan Bennett
A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie. — Bill Condon
Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our… — Thomas Sowell
... a blown-out tube ripped some of the grind from the amplifier, throwing us into a momentary tizzy. The unusual sound led me to play… — Billy Gibbons
When you think you're alone, when you think there's no one in this world who'll stand up for you, look around and make sure you're… — Richard Thornton
Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another. — Hugh Nibley
The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common… — Thomas Sowell
With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning. — Guy Debord

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