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“It was a very unusual year [2015]. You usually don't have five campaigns operating full time in a state this late into the process, three states in. But I feel great that now that the choices have become less and less, more and more that new voter or alternative to Donald Trump vote, is going to coalesce around us.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“I'm working from home a lot. That's very unusual because I'm away a lot, sometimes working on the other side of the world for long periods of time. So, it's hard to manage in the sense that I want to be the best dad I can be but it's almost harder when you have your kids outside the door.”

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Author:Andy Serkis

“It [9/11 event] was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of the American military establishment. But it was not meant to be argued with. It wasn't part of any negotiation. No message was intended with it. It spoke for itself, which is unusual.”

“Ivo van Hove is directing The Crucible, and rehearses in quite an unusual way. We started rehearsals last week and dived straight into the first act, like, five minutes after we all turned up. No warm-ups. We were very intensely immersed in that whole world on day one. It was quite surreal because I've never done any theater before.”

World Way Firsts Done Whole Lasts Five Week Minutes Theater Warm Whole World Unusual Five Minutes Vans Rehearsal Surreal Crucible

Author:Saoirse Ronan

“The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Allah God has come to fight the battle of justice for the Black man and woman of America and it is He who is plaguing America with the disasters of unusual rain, hail, snow, and soon earthquakes. So if the Black man and woman and the Native Americans, or Indians, are not in the equation of those running for the high office of the Presidency of the United States, if we are not in the equation for justice, then none of these candidates can save America from the Wrath of Allah (God).”

“I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.”

Play Song Unusual Obscure Popular Song Popular Music

Author:Frank Fairfield

“I think the thing that music can do is be unsettling. It is abnormal - music that's perceived to be different in an unresolved or unusual way.”

Thinking Way Different Can Do Unusual Abnormal

Author:Bear McCreary

“Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.”

People America Belief Religious Safe Reputation Radical Unusual Harbors Religious Belief Safe Harbor

Author:Mitch Horowitz

“Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.”

Winning Unusual Unlikely Lottery Winning The Lottery

Author:Lori Lansens

“We so love all new and unusual things that we even derive a secret pleasure from the saddest and most tragic events, both because of their novelty and because of the natural malignity that exists within us.”

Love Natural Pleasure Secret Existence Events Tragic Unusual Novelty Saddest Unusual Things Tragic Events

Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions.”

Action Ordinary Careful Taoism Unusual

Author:Zicheng Hong

“Mr. Hillaire Belloc has pointed out that science has changed greatly, and for the worse, since it became popular. Some hundred years ago, or more, only very unusual, highly original spirits were attracted to science at all; scientific work was therefore carried out by men of exceptional intelligence. Now, scientists are turned out by mass production in our universities.”

Men Years Science Spirit Change Changed Mass Hundred Years Ago Scientist Originals University Productions Unusual Exceptional Mass Production

Author:Anthony Standen

“Trenchmouth, really great band. Here's a photo of them in 1979 playing the Valley Green projects. It was an incredible, unusual experience. We ran a cord through the window and plugged the PA and amps into that and played right in the courtyard. It was an incredible experience. It was just local kids.”

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Author:Ian MacKaye

“On a personal level, I'm proud of Grace Dunham for being so staunchly in her identity. It's a very unusual thing for a young person. I think she's been very strong about it.”

Thinking Persons Young Strong Levels Grace Identity Proud Unusual Very Strong Unusual Things

Author:Lena Dunham

“Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.”

Way Character Practice Bigger Addiction Unusual Traits Character Trait Outlining

Author:James Franco

“Well it's unusual for us to do an endorsement, you know, and the special occasions where you need appointments, but we thought that Senator [Hillary] Clinton had occupied such a neat and unique role, certainly a worldwide advocate for women, and also there's also only 16 women without her in Congress.”

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Author:Eleanor Smeal

“I've been here a long time working for women. These are long years and this is an unusual legislator.”

Years Long Long Time Unusual Legislators

Author:Eleanor Smeal

“Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.”

Mind Heart Meditation Depth Stability Unusual

Author:Sharon Salzberg

“A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.”

Artist Names Stones Unusual Rolling Rolling Stones Unusual Names

Author:Jancee Dunn

“The practice of leaving settled society to undertake a spiritual journey, or a spiritual life really, is something that is much more common in India. Common especially to a certain phase of life, to the end of life. But not so unusual for younger people as well.”

People Wells Ends Spiritual Certain Common Practice Journey India Leaving Unusual Spiritual Life Phases End Of Life Spiritual Journey Phases Of Life

Author:Diana L. Eck

“I have called President Obama, and President Obama called me on various issues. This is part of our regular contacts, there is nothing unusual or extraordinary about it.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure of unusual matters (two transits of Venus and some eclipses) I had committed a grievous error in the first stage of giving numerical value to my theory. My spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded with it since.”

Giving Firsts Made Two Matter Science Spirit Values Stage Theory Broken Moon Pressure Errors Committed Heavy Unusual Favourite Calculations Eclipse Venus

Author:George Biddell Airy

“It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.”

Guy Achievement Extraordinary Crowds Unusual Great Achievement

Book:The Compound Effect

Source: The Compound Effect

“Time changes every man. Unusual circumstances change them in unusual ways”

Men Way Circumstances Every Man Unusual Unusual Circumstances

Author:Bryant Gumbel

“Fun has to do with habitual activities but then also terrifically novel or unusual ones. It works as a sort of strange milkshake of those concepts.”

Fun Novel Strange Activity Concepts Unusual Habitual Milkshakes

Author:Ian Bogost

“Samuel Fuller pictures were both written and shot in such an unusual way that his voice came through loud and clear, and it made a big impression on me.”

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Author:Curtis Hanson

“The US is to an unusual extent a business-run society, where short-term concerns of profit and market share displace rational planning.”

Running Term Share Concern Profit Planning Rational Unusual Short Term

Author:Noam Chomsky

“The US is also unusual in the enormous scale of religious fundamentalism. The impact on understanding of the world is extraordinary. In national polls almost half of those surveyed have reported that they believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago (or less) and that man shares no common ancestor with the ape. There are similar beliefs about the Second Coming.”

“In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.”

“In a Tim Burton movie, you know it's going to be something unusual, or a bit mad. Something "other."”

Knows Bits Mad Unusual

Author:Eva Green

“The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along the Watchtower" sound like a Disney tune, hosts an old-school radio show, and turns up in some unusual places, like ads for Chrysler and Victoria's Secret.”

Has Beens Shows School Turns Sound Dark Secret Roots Radio Tunes Unusual Host Ads Bob Dylan Incarnation Old School Victoria Charlatans Victoria's Secret Chrysler

Author:Jay Michaelson

“Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.”

Government Unusual New Government

Author:George Brandis

“The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that.”

Knows Way Want Made Action Film Opportunity Unusual Thrillers Action Movie Psychological Thrillers Kurosawa

Author:Lawrence Kasdan

“I worked on it [ Too Much Tuna] for a little bit downtown and it was a great experience. I couldn't believe how enthusiastic the audience was for it. It was just extraordinary. It felt like you were at a rock concert, which was just unusual for shows at Cherry Lane, which are usually intimate plays about big ideas, you know.”

“It will be an unusual dynamic [in Congress]. It won't be like the rallying behind President [Barack] Obama in 2009 or behind President [George W.] Bush, even at the beginning of his presidency, or even [Bill] Clinton in '93, when he got his budget through on a partisan vote.”

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Author:William Kristol

“It's been an unusual election [2016].”

Election Unusual

Author:William Kristol

“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.”

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Author:Colin Farrell

“I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.”

Littles Difficult Dangerous Directors Unusual

Author:Elia Kazan

“There's this kind of strange mythology about me in the media because I've done unusual things.”

Kind Done Media Strange Mythology Unusual Unusual Things

Author:Werner Herzog

“[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all the actors acting under hypnosis - things that are very unusual.”

Kind Done Film Actors Acting Strange Huge Mountain Mythology Features Unusual Hypnosis Steamboats

Author:Werner Herzog

“I have a variety of ways that I make music, but I'm working with the Thingamajigs in a particular way, which is: They are bringing to me their performance skills and their unusual instruments, which I'm relishing. They're really beautiful. The other thing is improvisation - these players improvise and they do it very beautifully, as a matter of fact.”

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Author:Pauline Oliveros

“I developed a pretty unusual style, I think.”

Thinking Style Unusual

Author:Johnny Cash

“There isn`t but this is, in some ways, perhaps, a useful distraction from other things, giving [Donald Trump] more space to make his decisions as unusual the process is because he`s making them in public.”

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Author:Chuck Todd

“I think communities of faith are extremely important in this question. I think that all faith communities share a common and unusual distinction in our time of being the only institutions left that can posit some goal other than accumulation for human existence. I think that's enormously important because it is that drive for consumption more than anything else that fuels the environmental devastation around us.”

“We don't know how many people are watching The Grand Tour's - it's a closely guarded secret, we don't even know - the only thing we can do is make a program that we enjoy. And then hope that we're not so unusual that other people won't share our taste.”

People Knows Enjoy Can Do Secret Know How Share Taste Program Unusual Guarded

Author:Jeremy Clarkson

“These stories of people with unusual powers and unusual appearances, who do unusual things, people are always fascinated by them.”

People Stories Appearance Unusual Fascinated Unusual Things

Author:Stan Lee

“The term "intellectual" is used conventionally to refer to people who happen to have unusual opportunities in this regard, and as always, opportunity confers moral responsibility.”

People Happens Used Opportunity Term Responsibility Moral Intellectual Regard Unusual Moral Responsibility

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Intellectuals of the categories happen to enjoy unusual privilege, unique in history, I suppose. It's easy enough to find ugly illustrations of repression, malice, dishonesty, marginalization and exclusion in the academic world.”

World Enough Happens Easy Enjoy Unique Privilege Ugly Categories Unusual Academic Dishonesty Malice Repression Exclusion Illustration Marginalization

Author:Noam Chomsky

“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.”

Humans Values Given Deals Circumstances Limits Western Privilege Accomplish Objectives Unusual Predictions Human Will

Author:Noam Chomsky

“The U.S. is, to a very unusual extent, a business-run society.”

Running Unusual

Author:Noam Chomsky

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