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Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When… — Seth Godin
So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's… — Richard P. Feynman
My eyes are bright, my hair has come loose from its ribbon, and Stella's scarf is waving around my neck. But that's not what I… — Wendy Mass
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up… — Noam Chomsky
Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards. — Jodi Picoult
Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves. — Cassandra Clare
Ah," said the magus, understanding at once. "I see that he means to be prepared if he meets him again." "Surely that's unlikely," said Sounis.… — Megan Whalen Turner
Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business… — Jane Lindskold
Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past. — Richard Dawkins
You're the queen, and it's the queen's house, and whatever Brigan may accomplish, he's highly unlikely ever to be queen. — Kristin Cashore
In reality the world is made of thousands of groups of about five hundred people, all of whom will spend their lives bumping into each… — Neil Gaiman
You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's whims. — Roberto Bolano
That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In… — Laurell K. Hamilton
To read" actually comes from the Latin reri "to calculate, to think" which is not only the progenitor of "read" but of "reason" as well,… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Sarah, honey, I hardly think kidnappers are going to take the time to buy a memento of their stay. I could be wrong, but it… — Christine Feehan
All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival… — H P Lovecraft
Meliorn?” said Clary. “I’ve met you, haven’t I? You used to go out with Isabelle Lightwood.” Meliorn was almost expressionless, but Clary could have sworn… — Cassandra Clare
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. — Mark Haddon
Highly unlikely but not impossible. — Suzanne Collins
Then again, you cannot stop the flood of desire as it moves through the world, inappropriate though it may sometimes be. It is the prerogative… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
It seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions… — John B. S. Haldane
If there’s any other message in this to readers, it’s in these two characters as icons of hope, that it doesn’t make any difference where… — J. Michael Straczynski
You're just worried they'll hire a male instructor and he'll be hotter than you." Jace's eyebrows went up. "Hotter than me?" "It could happen," Clary… — Cassandra Clare
Memory was that woman on the train. Insane in the way she sifted through dark things in a closet and emerged with the most unlikely… — Arundhati Roy

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