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“You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.”

Source: The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems

“In [chess], where the pieces have different and "bizarre" motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound”

Different Values Pieces Errors Profound Complexes Various Chess Unusual Mistaken Bizarre Variables

Book:Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems

Source: Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems

“I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.”

Different Age Film Pieces Crime Genre Coming Of Age Unusual Different Genres

Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher

“It's unusual to spend even three full hours away from my newborn baby, it's like a piece of my body is back in the hotel room, and it does feel strange. But I love my work, though, it's not just a job for me, punching in my time card. I've always loved what I do, it's what makes me happy and I figure if I'm happy I'll be a good Mum too.”

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Author:Naomi Watts

“Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have directed the story earlier in the book. It happens, it's called adapting a book, you have to make decisions about things. It's not unusual having to cut out scenes.”

Book Ends Moments Stories Bigs Happens Universe Decision Pieces Cutting Scene Filmmaker Unusual Cracked Adapting

Author:Daniel Craig

“Berkshire has the lowest turnover of any major company in the U.S.The Walton family owns more of Wal-Mart than Buffett owns of Berkshire, so it isn't because of large holdings. It's because we have a really unusual shareholder body that thinks of itself as owners and not holders of little pieces of paper.”

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Author:Charlie Munger