Extraordinary Person Quotes

• People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Leadership, People

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  Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

  Gerard Way

  Hero, Ordinary Extraordinary, People

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• For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

  Jody Williams

  Differences, Titles, World

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• Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Opportunity, Reality, Turns

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

  Clare Balding

  Graffiti, World, Want

  "Clare Balding: 'I want to make the world better, for women mainly'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2013.

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• Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

  Jimmy Doolittle

  Trying, World, Being Weird

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• It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Wise, Wish

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• If you pursue happiness, you are an ordinary person. If happiness pursues you, you are an extraordinary person. Do not chase happiness; let it chase you.

  Peter Deunov

  Pursue, Persons, Ifs

  Peter Deunov (2010). “Love Is All Forgiving: Reflections on Love and Spirituality”, p.113, Health Communications, Inc.

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• I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you are. What sort of a woman are you? Why are you talking like this? Who are you?' Miss Marple pulled down the mass of pink wool that encircled her head, a pink wool scarf of the same kind that she had once worn in the West Indies. 'One of my names,' she said, 'is Nemesis.' 'Nemesis? And what does that mean?' 'I think you know,' said Miss Marple. 'You are a very well educated woman. Nemesis is long delayed sometimes, but it comes in the end.

  Agatha Christie

  Mean, Thinking, West Indies

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• 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

  Mother, People, Shoulders

  Transcript of Obama-Sotomayor announcement, edition.cnn.com. May 26, 2009.

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• Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you
  want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other
  people.

  Epictetus

  Wise, Determination, Writing

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• President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.

  Susan Rice

  President, Persons, President Obama

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Everybody likes an extraordinary person or likes to think that they would be great with a superpower in an ordinary world.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Thinking, Ordinary World, Would Be

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass.

  Shang Yang

  Independent, Pride, Ideas

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• The horror of Gandhi's murder lies not in the political motives behind it or in its consequences for Indian policy or for the future of non-violence; the horror lies simply in the fact that any man could look into the face of this extraordinary person and deliberately pull a trigger.

  Mary McCarthy

  Lying, Men, Political

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• Richard A. Posner is an extraordinary person. If he did not exist, it would be hard to believe that he could. (...) He writes with a flair that puts most journalists to shame and a depth of knowledge that puts most professors to shame.

  Alan Ryan

  Believe, Writing, Depth

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• "Celebrity" is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don't think it makes me extraordinary. That's my opinion. I like to be an artist, I like to do things that are involved in the arts, but I don't think it makes me more special than a doctor, for example. A doctor is an extraordinary person. Doctors should be celebrities. We just entertain people. They save lives.

  Justin Timberlake

  Art, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Tarek Hijazi, www.askmen.com. September 2, 2010.

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• One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Falling In Love, Love Is, Joy

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• I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination.

  Andrew Motion

  Beautiful, Imagination, Prejudice

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