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• Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.

  Louis Leakey

  Past, Years, Giving

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• We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us — and this is remarkable — the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea.

  Rich Mullins

  Running, Ideas, People

  Seminar at LeSEA Broadcasting Studios in South Bend, Indiana, February 1993.

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• Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You'll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable.

  Bruce Mau

  Design, Trying, Shy

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• Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.

  Bill Courtney

  World, Helping, Individual

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• It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps a fuller understanding of Proust's heredity, hinterland, and upbringing. . . . This fascinating book is full of interesting social and cultural observation, of information about French Jewish life, the position of Jews in society and, of course, the Dreyfus case. But it is essentially a study of one of the most remarkable and fruitful of mother-son relationships. As such it is a book that every Proustian will want to read.

  Allan Massie

  Mother, Book, Son

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• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as it is profound. With Rebel Buddha, he goes straight to the core of the spiritual path, showing how the Buddha's liberating insights transcend race, religion, and culture. This book is sure to provoke, inspire, and move us one step closer to creating a thoroughly modern approach to spirituality.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Spiritual, Moving, Book

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• When we embrace the things that make us unique, our true and remarkable capabilities are revealed

  Amy Purdy

  Unique, Embrace, Capability

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• It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their master is one of perpetual confident boredom. All they betray of the hidden life is by means of symbol; if it were not for the recurring evidence of murder – the disemboweled rabbits, the headless flickers, the torn squirrels – we should forever imagine our cats to be simple pets whose highest ambition is to sleep in the best soft chair, whose worst crime is to sharpen their claws on carpeting.

  Robley Wilson

  Ambition, Mean, Sleep

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• This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will.

  Stanford Moore

  Wisdom, Intellectual, Auras

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• I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

  Jack Lemmon

  Best Friend, Brother, Lost Ones

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• Comedy has been crossing the country with remarkable speed way before the Internet, social media, even cable TV.

  Chris Bliss

  Country, Media, Way

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• A personal story of the horrors that Poles lived through during World War II. When God Looked the Other Way, above all else, explains why there is still a Poland. . . . One of the most remarkable World War II sagas I have ever read. It is history with a human face.

  Arnold Beichman

  War, Way, Faces

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• It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.

  Peter Agre

  Discovery, Honor, Advancement

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• The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.

  Peter Agre

  Cells, Enthusiasm, Energy

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• When it comes to soul, Dennis Marcellino redefines the term. His remarkable tone and feel are full of passion and soulful expression.

  Bob Carlisle

  Passion, Expression, Soul

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• The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world must be remarkable enough to cause grudging admiration, astonished curiosity or threatening hostility.

  Edmund Clowney

  Christian, Mean, Curiosity

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• Some of the most remarkable and profound worship encounters I've experienced have happened in churches with no production, no lighting, no exciting visuals or amplification, sometimes with not even a single musical instrument.

  Tim Hughes

  Profound, Musical, Church

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• It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a combination of the teachings with the man Himself. The two cannot be separated.

  Kenneth Scott Latourette

  Jesus, Teaching, Men

  Kenneth Scott Latourette (1953). “A History of Christianity”

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• All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make me feel a little like a Hobbit who glimpses colourful strangers passing but has never left the Shire.

  John Howe

  Book, Glimpse, Fans

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• It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.

  William H. Whyte

  Urbanization, Cities, Space

  William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.109, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high.

  Billy Beane

  Champions League, Play, Goal

  "Billy Beane leaves Moneyball behind to refocus on statistical truths" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2012.

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• Products that are remarkable get talked about.

  Seth Godin

  Marketing, Products

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• By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon

  Seth Godin

  Marketing, Definitions, Advertising

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• Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.

  Seth Godin

  People, Marketing, Blogging

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• My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed, not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarves in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures. It will be, without the exception of Noah's Ark, the most remarkable thing of its kind ever seen.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, Aquariums, White

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