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«That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.»
«I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.»
Author: Phil Lout | Keywords: unusual
«It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.»
«Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!»
«I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude»
«MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that themselves are sane. For illustration, this present (and illustrious) lexicographer is no firmer in the faith of his own sanity than is any inmate of any madhouse in the land; yet for aught he knows to the contrary, instead of the lofty occupation that seems to him to be engaging his powers he may really be beating his hands against the window bars of an asylum and declaring himself Noah Webster, to the innocent delight of many thoughtless spectators.»
«It is neither unusual nor new for me to have Negro friends, nor is it unusual for me to have found my friends among all races and religions of people.»
«It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him»
«I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge»
«There are four types of persons, the ?dead?, who deny the Lord and declare that they alone exist, independent and self-directed, the ?sick?, who call upon the Lord when some calamity befalls them or when they feel temporarily deserted by the unusual source of succor, the ?dull?, who know that God is the eternal companion and watchman, but who remember it only off and on when the idea is potent and powerful, and lastly the ?healthy?, who have steady belief in the Lord and who live in His Comforting Creative Presence always?.»