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“Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.”

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Author:Joe Klein

“I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done, and unusual, and they all took horror to some new place.”

Done Bigs Horror Aliens Carrie Unusual New Places Big Movie Exorcist

Author:Lawrence Kasdan

“I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.”

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Author:Eoin Colfer

“Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.”

Thinking Mind Made Kids Sports Succeed Ten Nine Desperate Unusual Footballer Beckham

Author:Bobby Charlton

“For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if it happens once - and it's luck that it's happened to me a couple of times.”

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Author:Curtis Armstrong

“Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio.”

Pieces Performances Radio Reports Unusual Surprising Frequency

Author:Elliott Carter

“I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.”

Writing Long Radio Loud Editors Unusual

Author:Ricky Jay

“I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.”

Bigs Crazy Shoes Unusual Boots Cowboy Belts Buckles Cowboy Boot Belt Buckles

Author:Patricia Cornwell

“That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!”

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Author:Roman Coppola

“Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.”

Ifs Done America Stuff England Appreciation Odd Unusual

Author:Steve Coogan

“It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.”

Knows Hard School Parent Struggle Issues Mom Bunch Insecurity Unusual Single Parent

Author:Fefe Dobson

“I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it.”

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Book:All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me

Source: All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me

“Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that.”

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Author:Nell Freudenberger

“It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.”

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Author:Luis Gutierrez

“Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.”

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Author:Gordon Lightfoot

“Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language, without which it would fall apart, such as 'and' and 'what,' or words that provide structure to our conversation, such as 'hello.”

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Author:David Crystal

“I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.”

Trying I Can Order Difficult Situation Struggle Elements Capture Unusual Difficult Situations

Author:Neil Finn

“Pollock looks unusual and radical even now.”

Looks Radical Unusual Pollock

Author:Donald Judd

“The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money.”

Want Lasts Situation Unusual

Author:John Kluge