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It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odduncanny and highly improbable. G.K.Chesterton once said that it is one thing to be amazed at gorgon or a griffin, creatures which do not exist; but it is quite another and much higher thing to be amazed at a rhinoceros or a giraffe, creatures which do exist and look as if they don't. This feeling of universal oddity includes a basic and intense wondering about the sense of things. Alan Watts
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I'm odd, I know,' he said. 'It's fear of myself that's made me odd. Kurt Vonnegut
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Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrific possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can't remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, projectile vomiting, a nasty rash, a four-hour erection, and sudden death. Sudden death is my favorite because there is something comical about it being a side effect. What exactly is the main effect in that case? Relief from abdominal bloating? Charles Krauthammer
odds long actors
I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long! Bill Nighy
odds house graves
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Charlie Munger
odd-things done television
I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no to. You don't say no to working with "The Simpsons"... the greatest comedy show on television. You mustn't. Even though going to my bad judgment, I remember saying that all I can do is make this show slightly worse. Ricky Gervais
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs. Bode Miller
odds generations stories
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come. Bruce Feiler
oddities lobster looks
Poetry is not efficient. If you want to learn how to cook a lobster, it’s probably best not to look to poetry. But if you want to see the word lobster in all its reactant oddity, its pied beauty, as if for the first time, go to poetry. And if you want to know what it’s like to be that lobster in the pot, that’s in poetry too. Dean Young
century company 20th-century
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st. David S. Rose
century common risks russia start vatican
We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good, Igor Ivanov
century 18th-century persons
I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli
century drive fields necessary people serve stimulate unending whether
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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We're moving into the 21st century - and people expect you to be available. I've had about 200 visitors to the site so far in this campaign. Two hundred people - that's 200 people that you might influence to vote for you. DuBose Egleston
century finally moving
We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century. Tom Browning
century deeply left saw time whose works
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me. Siri Hustvedt
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
century highway improvement system
Vermont's 19th century highway system was in need of improvement.
pleasant fellows
I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow. Caryl Chessman
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We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?' Charles Spurgeon
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There's nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there's nothing else to do, and there's usually nothing else to do. Charles Bukowski
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I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised. Karl Pilkington
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It is more pleasant to remember others than to be remembered.
pleasant potential reality sixth
On paper,we should be fifth, sixth or seventh. The reality is, they have the potential to be a pleasant surprise.
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Mr. Volcker has said that 'the findings do not make for pleasant reading,' and I agree. Kofi Annan
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One ugly trick has often spoiledThe sweetest and the best;Matilda, though a pleasant child,One ugly trick possessed. Ann Taylor
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One ugly trick has often spoiled The sweetest and the best; Matilda, though a pleasant child, One ugly trick possessed.