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In all likelihood, the only thing extraordinary about Tiger Woods was his golf: he had extraordinary coordination and extraordinary discipline - on the course, at any rate. That discipline was the source of his power.
Sarah Churchwell
Discipline
Power
Extraordinary
About
Rate
Only
Had
He
Likelihood
Course
Tiger
Tiger Woods
His
Source
Any
The Only Thing
Woods
Golf
Coordination
Thing
My work is of me; it's not me. I want it to be far more extraordinary than I am.
Sarah Hall
Work
Me
Extraordinary
More
Am
Than
Want
Far
Performing, not rehearsing, is a dancer's raison d'etre, and I've been lucky to 'etre' in some extraordinary places - Cuba, Paris, Mongolia. In particular, a two-week stint in Greece leaps to mind. We danced in the Acropolis's Herodes Atticus amphitheater, once a venue for gladiator spectacles.
Sascha Radetsky
Mind
Extraordinary
Danced
Dancer
Once
Some
Paris
Gladiator
Performing
Particular
Leaps
Venue
Cuba
Been
Greece
Places
Lucky
Rehearsing
Spectacles
What I learned at Miramax is that if you see where extraordinary creative talent can be brought into the family, move quickly, because if you don't, someone else will.
Scott Greenstein
Family
You
Creative
Will
Else
Extraordinary
See
Brought
Someone
Miramax
Talent
Learned
Because
Quickly
Move
Where
We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate.
Scott Pruitt
Celebrate
Progress
Made
Extraordinary
Something
Environment
Over
Decades
Should
I'm of that generation of Jews still deeply influenced by the Holocaust. Certainly the notion that the state power to kill can be subject to such extraordinary abuse is always lurking beneath the surface for me. Certainly my experience and identity as a Jew is there.
Scott Turow
Me
Generation
Experience
Power
Jews
Beneath
Extraordinary
State
Abuse
Identity
Always
Surface
Still
Subject
Influenced
Holocaust
Notion
Certainly
Deeply
Lurking
Jew
Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.
Scott Walker
Today
History
Confidence
People
Take For Granted
Will
Looking
Extraordinary
Something
Risked
Take
Leaders
Freedoms
Prosper
Because
America
American
Did
Move
Move Forward
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Us
Granted
Who
Forward
Lives
By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Hope
Time
Change
Challenges
People
World
Community
Extraordinary
Television
Faced
Voices
Around
Affect
Screens
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Bringing
We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.
Sidney Altman
Work
Enjoy
Extraordinary
Recognized
Very
Manner
Fortunate
Here
Capra's great passion was Dickens. As soon as he had some money, he bought some of the rarest and most extraordinary editions of Dickens's work, and he was very proud of his collection.
Sidney Buchman
Work
Great
Money
Passion
Extraordinary
Collection
Some
Rarest
Had
He
Bought
Soon
Most
Proud
His
Dickens
Very
I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.
Sidney Poitier
Life
Extraordinary
Had
Feel
Look
Because
Am
Person
Wanted
Ordinary
Ordinary Life
Ordinary Person
Them
Who
One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll put my cards on the table: I think it is our greatest language.
Simon Rattle
Music
Communication
Language
Think
Other
Extraordinary
Our
Kinds
Table
Put
Reach
Most
Greatest
Cannot
Places
Forms
Things
Cards
The grapevine in England is an extraordinary thing. When there is a really brilliant young composer or soloist, we all hear about it.
Simon Rattle
Brilliant
Young
Extraordinary
Composer
About
Hear
Really
England
Thing
The Jewish story is the story of wandering. It is the story of extraordinary heterogeneous complication.
Simon Schama
Extraordinary
Complication
Wandering
Story
Jewish
One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.
Siobhan Davies
Discipline
Problems
Sense
Extraordinary
Our
Dancers
Self-Discipline
I'm drawn to ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, which is a big part of the human condition.
Sissy Spacek
People
Big
Extraordinary
Extraordinary Circumstances
Circumstances
Drawn
Find
Part
Condition
Big Part
Human
Human Condition
Ordinary
Which
Ordinary People
Themselves
Who
I don't like being in the limelight. It is not something extraordinary. It is just my habit.
Sonia Gandhi
Extraordinary
Something
Habit
Like
Limelight
Just
Being
I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.
Sonia Sotomayor
Life
People
Mother
My Life
Extraordinary
Countless
Person
Shoulders
Stand
Aspiration
Who
If there are opportunities, seize them and be prepared for them, and be the best, if that's what it takes. If you have to be extraordinary, then be extraordinary.
Stacey Dash
Best
You
Opportunities
Extraordinary
Be Prepared
Seize
Takes
Them
Then
Prepared
I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.
Stana Katic
Great
Game
Amazing
Ambition
Think
Extraordinary
Tell
Would
Would-Be
Some
Main
Great Stories
Pieces
Period
Period Pieces
Want
Stories
Lovely
Working
Game Of Thrones
Creators
The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations, and I don't think we're a bloodthirsty country. We need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.
Stanley A. McChrystal
People
Country
Think
Other
Extraordinary
Our
Everything
Our People
Firearms
Look
Safeguard
America
Nations
Compared
Number
Need
It has been a true honor to wear a Bloomberg badge, and this credential has been the passport to sit across from some of the greatest titans of industry, including Mike Bloomberg, the visionary behind this extraordinary company.
Stephanie Ruhle
Honor
Sit
Extraordinary
Visionary
Has-Been
Wear
Some
Badge
True
Industry
Greatest
Been
Passport
Behind
Titans
Mike
Across
Company
Including
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
Stephen Gardiner
Revolution
Extraordinary
Those
Civilization
Industrial
Industrial Revolution
Another
Jumps
Story
Forward
Even with an improperly ground mirror, the Hubble delivered extraordinary images. When the flaw was corrected, the Hubble delivered images of transcendent beauty and value for many years. So too 'Terra Nova.' Even in its flawed first season, each episode was full of marvelous moments and beautiful images.
Stephen Lang
Beautiful
Value
Mirror
First
Beauty
Too
Extraordinary
Corrected
Marvelous
Delivered
Years
Hubble
Transcendent
Flaw
Flawed
Episode
Full
Ground
Many
Moments
Nova
Even
Each
Season
Images
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level.
Stephen Lewis
You
People
Power
Community
Think
Extraordinary
Recognize
Something
Around
Understand
Lot
Africa
Many
Village
Travelled
Level
Here
It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then.
Steven Johnson
You
Achievement
Amazing
Rare
Become
Every
Society
President
Extraordinary
Incredibly
States
Flying
Focusing
More
Lifetime
Catastrophic
Failures
Safe
Likely
How
End
Up
Than
Die
Happen
Crash
Plane
Plane Crash
Elected
Then
Your
Now
United
Now And Then
United States
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