“Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy a sudden demand - unlike the railway company which doubles its trains to carry a special influx of passengers; the law-made instrumentality lumbers on under all varieties of circumstances at its habitual rate. By its very nature it is fitted only for average requirements, and inevitably fails under unusual requirements.” MadeActionLawCompanyFailingSpecialCircumstancesDemandTrainRateAverageVarietyEnterpriseUnusualRequirementsEmergenciesPassengersHabitualRailwayPrivate EnterpriseLumberShopkeepers Book:Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative Source: Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative
“Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it.” AgeWantedUsedVoiceCircumstancesLateSingingSevenSingersUnusualPianist Author:Dolora Zajick
“Opportunity presents itself sometimes in unusual situations. What you think is the worst thing turns out to be a good thing. Different circumstances challenge people to do things they didn't know they could do, and in those times when the outlook appears the worst, we find new reasons for optimism.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDifferentSometimesReasonTurnsOpportunityChallengesSituationWorstCircumstancesOptimismGood ThingsUnusualWorst ThingsOutlook Author:S. Truett Cathy
“Time changes every man. Unusual circumstances change them in unusual ways” MenWayCircumstancesEvery ManUnusualUnusual Circumstances Author:Bryant Gumbel
“One of the great things about the film being so unusual and provocative is the filmmaker to me doesn't seem to have a definite opinion on the rights or wrongs or the immorality of behaviors and systems, he just presents a set of very unusual circumstances and asked the audience to partake in the judging of what feels right or wrong or what feels natural and unnatural.” FeelsSeemsFilmNaturalOpinionAudienceRightsJudgingCircumstancesBehaviorGreat ThingsFilmmakerUnusualDefiniteUnnaturalProvocativeImmoralityFeels RightUnusual Circumstances Author:Colin Farrell
“Given their unusual privilege, Western intellectuals can realistically accomplish a great deal. The limits are imposed by will more than objective circumstances. And about human will predictions are without value.” HumansValuesGivenDealsCircumstancesLimitsWesternPrivilegeAccomplishObjectivesUnusualPredictionsHuman Will Author:Noam Chomsky
“I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.” PeoplePersonsMadeMovingBlackMillionsCircumstancesUnusualRepresentationBlack Person Author:Sidney Poitier
“It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.” MenDoeMomentsNamesRecordsCircumstancesChosenCombinationGreat MenAdmirationUnusualPosterityChosen One Author:Alexandre Dumas
“You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.” WellsEndsResponsibilityEnemyCareersPositionCircumstancesOne DayConflictStructureComplexesCastsThrownPatriotismUnusualDissentSense Of ResponsibilityDissidentsBranded Author:Vaclav Havel