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Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Courage
Unlikely
Places
Found
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
P. J. O'Rourke
Funny
Important
Unlikely
More
Cleanliness
Becomes
Godliness
Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.
Dave Matthews
Beautiful
Hope
Kindness
You
World
Black
Nothing
White
Incredible
Unlikely
Black Or White
Magical
Gives
Most
Beautiful Things
Bravery
Places
Them
Then
Us
Acts
Things
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
Scott Adams
Religion
Better
Nothing
Unlikely
Defines
Willingness
Dating
Pursuit
Principle
Than
Irrational
Behind
Things
Humans
Phenomenally
There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
Terry Pratchett
God
Think
Difficulty
Enough
Keys
Unlikely
Evidence
Rumour
Finding
Empirical
Because
Around
Exist
Going
Found
The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician.
Tom Rath
Great
Reality
Unlikely
Statistician
Struggled
Always
Accountant
Person
Who
Numbers
I don't think that artificial intelligence means doomsday, and I think many new jobs will be created, too. However, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that these new types of jobs will favor low-income demographics. We need to address the needs of those who will be left out of the new job market.
Jens Martin Skibsted
Needs
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligence
Will
Job
Think
Too
Increasingly
Market
Types
Unlikely
Address
Those
Favor
Out
Jobs
New
Demographics
Becoming
New Job
New Jobs
However
Left
Artificial
Doomsday
Low-Income
Created
Means
Who
Many
Need
If you don't have a lens that's been trained to look at how various forms of discrimination come together, you're unlikely to develop a set of policies that will be as inclusive as they need to be.
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
You
Together
Will
Inclusive
Unlikely
Various
Develop
Come
Look
Policies
How
Been
Discrimination
Trained
Forms
Lens
Need
Set
If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.
Michael Porter
You
Same Thing
Unlikely
Rivals
Very
Trying
Same
Essentially
Then
Successful
Your
Thing
Republicans and blacks had an unlikely alliance around 'max black' after the 1990 census. By concentrating black voters in some districts, the strategy elected a record number of black congressmen in 1992. But the remaining 'bleached' districts were more likely to elect white Republicans.
Adam Cohen
Black
White
Strategy
Unlikely
Districts
Record
Some
Blacks
More
Alliance
Remaining
Had
Voters
Concentrating
Likely
Around
Were
Max
After
Census
Republicans
Elect
Elected
Number
Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description.
Alexander Kluge
You
People
Incredibly
Unlikely
Telephone
Telescope
Television
Details
Dreamed
See
Similar
Something
Scene
Never
Between
Look
Enables
Concrete
Hear
Subtle
Us
Really
Requires
Description
Extended
Things
I was 8 when we landed on the moon. I was so into the space program as a kid. Eventually, I realized it was very unlikely that a Mexican kid in the early '70s was going to be an astronaut.
Alfonso Cuaron
Space
Moon
Unlikely
Kid
Astronaut
Mexican
Very
Going
Space Program
Landed
Realized
Eventually
Early
Program
Donald Trump, unlikely Mitt Romney, is not awkward about his money. He has absolutely no qualms about saying, 'I'm rich.'
Ana Navarro
Saying
Money
Rich
Unlikely
About
Absolutely
He
Qualms
Mitt
Mitt Romney
His
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
Romney
Awkward
In the highly unlikely event that the 'Telegraph' was to be sold again, then 'The Spectator' doesn't go with it.
Andrew Neil
Sold
Unlikely
Telegraph
Highly
Go
Again
Then
Event
Spectator
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.
Andy Rooney
Good
Hurt
Too
Unlikely
Television
Sexy
Gymnastics
Combination
Sort
Ballet
Which
Skating
Little
Figure
Figure Skating
Event
Olympic
Humans have continued to evolve quite a lot over the past ten thousand years, and certainly over 100 thousand. Sure, our biology affects our behavior. But it's unlikely that humans' early evolution is deeply relevant to contemporary psychological questions about dating or the willpower to complete a dissertation.
Annalee Newitz
Behavior
Past
Biology
Dissertation
Complete
Our
Unlikely
Relevant
Evolution
Evolve
Thousand
Willpower
Thousand Years
About
Ten
Dating
Over
Contemporary
Sure
Continue
Years
Affects
Lot
Questions
Quite
Quite A Lot
Psychological
Certainly
Deeply
Early
Humans
I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'
Anthony Browne
Age
Late
Rugby
Unlikely
Small
Until
Quiet
Twenties
Played
Player
My upbringing has always been quite equal in terms of cultural influences. But it's unlikely that anything could prepare you for a job that involves belting out Proclaimers songs on camera, in Edinburgh and in public.
Antonia Thomas
You
Job
Unlikely
Out
Could
Songs
Equal
Terms
Involves
Edinburgh
Always
Camera
Been
Cultural
Upbringing
Quite
Influences
Anything
Public
Prepare
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.
Aristotle
Eyes
Will
Poet
Before
Action
Everything
Unlikely
Way
Out
Plot
Possible
Seeing
Proper
Scene
Constructing
He
Most
Overlook
Were
Discover
His
His Way
Diction
As Far As
Place
Far
Should
Working
Utmost
Keeping
Spectator
We are always taking a hard look at how life was in the past in coming up with interesting subject matter for our various series, and remembering how much I used to want an encyclopedia as a kid made me realize wanting a set is very unlikely for teens today, and that conversation would be interesting.
Benny Fine
Life
Today
Me
Conversation
Matter
Made
Past
Teens
Our
Unlikely
Kid
Would
Would-Be
Various
Remembering
Taking
Look
Always
How
How Much
Coming
Subject
Subject Matter
Encyclopedia
Up
Very
Want
Wanting
In The Past
Interesting
Realize
Much
Used
Hard
Hard Look
Series
Set
It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
Bob Schaffer
Government
Impossible
Made
Unlikely
Determine
He
His
Won
Did
I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely.
Brian Molko
Life
Death
You
Hate
People
Light
Walk
Old
Young
Meet
Unlikely
Out
Hopefully
Would
Finding
Like
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Tragic
Happens
Interested
Your
Jesus
It is the instinctive wish of most American businesspeople, even those unlikely to be directly affected, that General Motors not go bankrupt.
Carol Loomis
Wish
Unlikely
Those
General
Directly
General Motors
Instinctive
Most
Go
Affected
Motors
American
Bankrupt
Businesspeople
Even
It's impossible to change the social without changing the personal - you have to put your money where your mouth is. And if you're not making those challenges at home, it's unlikely you'll make them in a larger setting.
Carrie Mae Weems
Home
You
Change
Challenges
Money
Impossible
Mouth
Setting
Changing
Unlikely
Those
Put
Make
Without
Making
Personal
Where
Social
Them
Your
Larger
You never know where your career will take you. A competitor in the market could suddenly become an unlikely partner. Be flexible, keep your slate clean, and stay open to unlikely collaborations.
Cathy Engelbert
You
Will
Partner
Become
Competitor
Market
Unlikely
Collaborations
Stay
Clean
Could
Take
Never
Open
Know
Where
Your
Flexible
Suddenly
Keep
Slate
Career
I want people to hear really exciting music played by the best, but in a context where they can clap when they want to, chase their toddlers, drink beer, take photos, get lost in the music and generally be themselves. And because a field has no rules, it's the perfect place to create unlikely combinations of musical genres.
Charles Hazlewood
Music
Best
Beer
People
Lost
Field
Unlikely
Musical
Rules
Clap
Photos
Drink
Chase
Perfect
No Rules
Take
Generally
Exciting
Combinations
Genres
Because
Context
Hear
Get
Where
Want
Place
Themselves
Create
Really
Toddlers
Played
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