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• Click-throughs on a video are often much higher than a standard website listing on the front page of Google. If you see a video in the Google results... it stands out a lot more than a regular website listing does, so [it] tends to attract more clicks.

  Matthew Carter

  Google, Marketing, Doe

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• In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled.

  John Burroughs

  Weather, Snow, Woods

  John Burroughs (1875). “Winter Sunshine”, p.56

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• In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, BOSTON REVIEW stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of the very, very few places that offers intelligence, integrity, and variety.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Integrity, Media, Boston

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• Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

  Conor Maynard

  People, Giving, Advice

  "Conor Maynard: 'I wanted to prove I'm not Bieber 2.0'". Interview with Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2012.

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• One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.

  Mike Rounds

  Moving, Years, News

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• Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I'm gay: well, the fact that I'm flamboyantly gay.

  Ross Mathews

  Love You, Gay, Voice

  "Why Ross Mathews decided to 'Man Up!'". Interview with Tess Gilbert, www.cnn.com. May 2, 2013.

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• You know, I don't want to stand out too much.

  Kevin Durant

  Want, Too Much, Knows

  "BDL Interview: Kevin Durant". Interview with Trey Kerby, sports.yahoo.com. August 12, 2010.

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• There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!

  Nelson Mandela

  Rights, Liberty, Cuba

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• It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

  Jean Giraudoux

  People, Waiting, Odd

  Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”

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• Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now. ... Prior to heading FEMA, Brown spent the 90's as a commissioner -- this is true -- of the International Arabian Horse Association. I guess he stands out because most Bush appointees are beholden to Arabian people.

  Jon Stewart

  Horse, Jobs, People

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• What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  Levels, Social, Tendencies

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• The things that stand out are often the oddities.

  Pierre Salinger

  Oddities

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• I like to make my fights exciting and different. Everybody in UFC can fight. We're capable of kickboxing, wrestling, but I like to stand out. That's what I really pride myself on. What can I do to stand out from the other people in my sport.

  Anthony Pettis

  Sports, Wrestling, Fighting

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• Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.

  Michael Imperioli

  Pain, Cities, Detroit

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• There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

  Sharon Horgan

  Writing, Needs, Actors

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• I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

  Debbie Gibson

  School, Musical, Attention

  "Debbie Gibson: Out of the Blue and on Celebrity Apprentice". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.

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• Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.

  Joanne Harris

  Freak, Fit, Ask Me

  Joanne Harris (2009). “The Girl with No Shadow: A Novel”, p.42, Harper Collins

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• In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.

  Irvin Kershner

  Years, Effort, Lasts

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• Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out.

  Breaux Greer

  Men, Hey, Spices

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• I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.

  Nick Rhodes

  Jeans, People, Pairs

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• The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Running, Memories, Years

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• Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Games, Play, Able

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• People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

  Amanda Beard

  People, Want, Swimmer

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• Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.

  Paul Stamets

  Environmental Health, Oysters, Mushrooms

  "The Mighty Oyster Mushroom: The Workhorse of Gourmet Fungi" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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• When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.

  Peter Senge

  Team, People, Periods

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