#unusual

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. ↗

— Walter Lord

#extraordinary #highly #i #involving #look

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. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#circumstance #every #i #made #me

One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#clever #healthy #idea #illness #making

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. ↗

— William James

#effort #means #metaphysics #nothing #obstinate

The support that we have from the network in terms of watching us at an unusual time in the year and playing our episodes three times in a given week until we built an audience... is exceptional. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#built #episodes #exceptional #given #network

I'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is. ↗

— Lori R. Lopez

#books #eccentric #humor #offbeat #quirky

I forgive you, but only because you said 'please.'" Smartass, I thought. Then I groaned at the instant chorus of "Please!" mixed with cries for release from Vlad's prisoners. No wonder he got so sick of the word. "I'm only merciful to one person a day," he threw over his shoulder. "As the saying goes, today isn't your day and tomorrow doesn't look good, either. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#humor #leila #vlad-tepesh #forgiveness