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  • The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - ''indoctrination,'' we might say - exercised through the mass media.

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  • Clare Boothe Luce Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Charles M. Schwab All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Ben Katchor As a small kid, I came across things like these early Edward Gorey books in department-store bookstores. These were these really unusual objects to me. I didn't know how they fit into the comic world or into newspaper comics.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Billy Evans Ball teams do not always run true to form in a short series. In a season's campaign, class will tell; the best team will invariably win, unless disaster overtakes it. In a short series, some freak situation, same unusual play, may prove to be the turning point.
    Billy Evans
    American umpire in Major League Baseball (1884 - )
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  • Bobby Charlton Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Warren Buffett Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Adam Clayton I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.
    Adam Clayton
    Irish musician (1960 - )
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  • Jim Rohn If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Billy Evans In all probability, when the 1919 series is over, a diagnosis of it will show that the final result was brought about by some unusual situation or freak happening that was given no consideration when the relative strength of the two clubs was considered.
    Billy Evans
    American umpire in Major League Baseball (1884 - )
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  • Myriam Miedzian In the United States adherence to the values of the masculine mystique makes intimate, self-revealing, deep friendships between men unusual.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Bill Buford Lyon is unusual and seems to be exceptionally incompetent at publicising itself. In fact, it doesn't want visitors. It fears discovery.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • Ben Hecht Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Noam Chomsky The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - ''indoctrination,'' we might say - exercised through the mass media.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • S. Maxwell Coder There is no doubt that God has often brought a certain verse to the attention of one of His children in an unusual and almost miraculous manner, for a special need, but the Word was never intended to be consulted in a superstitious manner.
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  • Nathaniel Branden To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.
    Nathaniel Branden
    Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer (1930 - 2014)
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  • Richard Dawkins We are a very, very unusual species.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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