Extraordinary Quotes - Page 5

• I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Leader, Ordinary

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

  Billy Joel

  Birthday, Insecurity, Age

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• I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

  John F. Kennedy

  Knowledge, Science, Thinking

  Remarks at dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere, Washington, D.C., 29 Apr. 1962

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• I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Running, Writing, Overcoming

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• The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Ideas, Ordinary, Fascinating

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• Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Technology, Men

  1963 Speech, 21 May.

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• To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

  Holly Near

  Pain, Real, Blessing

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• Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Strength, Strong, Men

  Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

  Salman Rushdie

  Events, Extraordinary Things, Unthinkable

  Salman Rushdie, Michael Reder (2000). “Conversations with Salman Rushdie”, p.10, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• One of the most effective means for transcending ordinary and moving into the realm of extraordinary is saying yes more frequently and eliminating no almost completely. I call it saying yes to life. Say yes to yourself, to your family, your children, your coworkers, and your business.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Children, Business

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way: Easyread Large Edition”, p.137, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

  Nelson Mandela

  Cancer, People, Giving

  "Mandela's son dies of AIDS at 54", www.cnn.com. January 7, 2005.

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• Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Men, Skills, Independence

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.216, Verso

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• There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

  William Halsey

  Military, Men, History

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• Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

  Vincent McNabb

  Hope, Spiritual, Giving

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• She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Simple, Ordinary Extraordinary, People

  "The Lucky One". Book by Nicholas Sparks, 2008.

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• I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.

  Robertson Davies

  Country, Scotch, Desire

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• Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Age, Genius

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is, you can never know until you have a baby.

  Celine Dion

  Inspirational, Baby, Powerful

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• It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

  Julie Walters

  Strong, Kids, Watches

  "Julie Walters: An actress in her prime". Interview with James Mottram, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2001.

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• Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

  F. Murray Abraham

  Men, Quiet, Woody

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.

  Tim Roth

  America, Has Beens, Coming To America

  "Interview With Tim Roth" by Steven Horn, www.ign.com. August 1, 2001.

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• But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.

  Lytton Strachey

  Poetic, Psychologist, Obvious

  Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics

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• The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

  Phil Gramm

  America, People, Ordinary

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• I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

  Robert Cormier

  Real, People, Situation

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• In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

  Stephen Gardiner

  House, Stones, Littles

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