#improbable

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. ↗

— Barack Obama

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So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerstein team ever to bowl a thundering strike. ↗

— James Wolcott

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