#extraordinary

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #been #beijing #china #dreaming

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#discuss #extraordinary #gave #i #orders

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#anything #done #extraordinary #films #i

As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#care #city #coast #education #extraordinary

You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else. ↗

— Bill Nye

#exploration #extraordinary #go #going #people

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

#around #bringing #challenges #change #community

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#father #happen #man #misfortune #ordinary

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#am #around #beginning #dignity #example

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#blessed #brother #come #extraordinary #friend

One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#belonged #considered #countries #drove #effect