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• The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

  Seth Godin

  Ordinary, Firsts, Becoming

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• Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to chance, by a more ordinary one.

  Leonard Mlodinow

  Mean, Events, Ordinary

  Leonard Mlodinow (2008). “The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives”, p.12, Vintage

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• Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count.

  Studs Terkel

  People, Ordinary, Capable

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• When all the mysticism is stripped away, the people who comprise the government (the legislators, administrators, judges, and policemen), are guided by human interests, desires, beliefs, notions, and prejudices, just like other people. They have neither superhuman wisdom nor extraordinary virtue.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Government, People, Judging

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• I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Self Confidence, Thinking, Voice

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• My first breath was just...it just seemed impossible that you could actually breathe underwater. I knew in my mind it was possible, but actually experiencing it was such a gulp of joy and I feel it every time I go under the ocean. I love doing it, to be able to feel weightless, to spin on one finger, to do somersaults, to be like a graceful ballerina - even with a huge tank on your back you can do the most extraordinary things.

  Sylvia Earle

  Ocean, Joy, Mind

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• Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.

  Oscar Wilde

  Suffering, World, Kind

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “De Profundis: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.33, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• By consciously deciding how you will live the rest of your life, you can create a life that is extraordinary.

  Robin Harris

  Rest Of Your Life

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• Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He's done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Country, Done, World

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• If you want to do something extraordinary, there's always risk involved. I was always willing to take that risk.

  Felix Baumgartner

  Risk, Want, Willing

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• Any love involves loss, and that's the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I'm with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.

  Brad Pitt

  Children, Loss, Risk

  "Brad Pitt: Angie Was a Natural Direction" by eonline.com, December 26, 2008.

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• There are no extraordinary people only ordinary people who do extraordinary things with what they've been given

  Brad Brown

  People, Ordinary, Given

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• You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that.

  Mother Teresa

  Simple, Luxury, Holiness

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• The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

  Jim Rohn

  Differences, Ordinary, Doing The Right Thing

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• A patient doesn't select his physical ailments. They happen to him. You could just as well ask when you are eaten by a crocodile, 'How did you select that crocodile?'. Nonsense. He has selected you. The patient doesn't even select the symptoms unconsciously. That is an extraordinary exaggeration of the subject to say he was choosing such things. They get him.

  Carl Jung

  Patient, Nonsense, Select

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• I have no extraordinary ability. I'm simply an inquisitive individual.

  Albert Einstein

  Individual, Ability, Inquisitive

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• I have had much pleasure in working with Orphei Drängar during my time as chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and I consider OD to be one of the most brilliant men´s choirs in the world. The singers are highly professional and their repertoire is of a very wide range, but then they have been trained for years by Eric Ericson, the world´s leading choir conductor. I also admire the strength and the beauty of their voices. OD is an extraordinary powerful choir!

  Neeme Jarvi

  Powerful, Men, Years

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• [D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments.

  Paul Krugman

  War, Government, Lines

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• Faith is this extraordinary principle which links man to God; faith is this thing that keeps a man from hell and puts him in heaven; it is the connection between this world and the world to come; faith is this mystic astounding thing that can take a man dead in trespasses and sins and make him live as a new being, a new man in Christ Jesus.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Jesus, Men, Heaven

  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1995). “Reflections: A Treasury of Daily Readings”, Nelson Bibles

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• Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep on 'keepin' on'.

  Rick Warren

  Determination, People, Ordinary

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• We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.

  Simon Winchester

  Greed, Motto, Used

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• The ordinary focus on what they're getting. The extraordinary think about who they're becoming.

  Robin Sharma

  Thinking, Focus, Becoming

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Jul 10, 2014

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• The talent of the people in Brazil was extraordinary. I thought all of the hair and make-up was really fantastic. The aesthetic there is really something to behold. They just have such a great sense of taste.

  Miranda Otto

  Hair, People, Brazil

  Source: collider.com

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• I think, when someone say, "When did you feel like an actor?" it's those moments when I feel like, "I'm an actor, wow." That's an extraordinary moment for me. So it's not like I walk around going, "I'm an actor."

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Thinking, Extraordinary Moments, Actors

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: 'Way Beyond His Years as a Human'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I may not have gotten a role, but for me, acting is not a competition. I've just kept my head down and kept working, and had the great pleasure of working with some amazing people and playing some extraordinary and extreme characters.

  Ray Stevenson

  Character, People, Competition

  Source: collider.com

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