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An It bag is an It bag, only if you’re unlikely to possess it. — Plum Sykes
Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas. — Max Planck
I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years.… — Karen Thompson Walker
It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is… — Frederick Lenz
I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, "I watch your show, I'm not into survival, but I hold… — Bear Grylls
The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe,… — Gail Carriger
We know that within the solar system is very unlikely there will be anything more advanced than microbial life, but if we think outside the… — Paul Davies
What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. — Robert Fripp
'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a… — Roger Ebert
My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has… — Joanne Harris
I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things. — David Hockney
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. — Billy Joel
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I… — Garrison Keillor
I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. — John Major
Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds. — Hilary Mantel
But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it… — Dave Matthews
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. — P.J. O'Rourke
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are… — Tom Peters
For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon. — John Podhoretz
If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful. — Michael Porter
Because I'm short and slim, I can identify with somebody who's an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it. — Daniel Radcliffe
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which… — Andy Rooney
I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up. — J. Michael Straczynski
Courage is found in unlikely places. — J.R.R. Tolkien
To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in… — Earl Warren

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