Extraordinary Quotes
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People in the big rich countries are often extremely dismissive of the small countries. They think nothing that happens there is of any interest or that it matters at all, but, at the very least, with that attitude they miss out on some extraordinary stories.
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Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different--and how awful--life is for those who live in North Korea. The devil is in the details here, for her gritty narrative focuses on everyday events to reveal how repression shapes daily life, even for the most privileged. Yet Kim also bears witness to that part of the human soul that no oppressor can ever claim.
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is the most extraordinary, extreme human experience.
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Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.
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Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.
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Would I take a conventional wife, when I could have an extraordinary one?
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If a married couple with children has fifteen minutes of uninterrupted, non-logistical, non-problem-solving talk every day, I would put them in the top 5% of all married couples. It's an extraordinary achievement.
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Art is the demonstration that the ordinary is extraordinary.
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Humans aren’t that extraordinary. We’re small. The more humans tell themselves they are giant, the more I feel like I’m losing sight of myself. Humans are only as big as a human can be.”
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Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.
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Cape Town is beautiful. It's an extraordinary beach town with mountain ranges on either side.
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How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
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I am just an actor, and this is my job. What I am doing is not extraordinary.
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That some unevangelized men are saved, in the present life, by an extraordinary exercise of redeeming grace in Christ, has been the hope and belief of Christendom. It was the hope and belief of the elder Calvinists, as of the later.
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I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.
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But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality.
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We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.
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You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.
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My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.
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I have a lot of respect for His Majesty Juan Carlos. I call him Uncle Juan because he is an extraordinary person whom I have known for a long time.
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Life, on confidence, is an extraordinary and powerful thing.
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It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
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The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
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It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.
