#uncommon

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ↗

— George Washington Carver

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Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#anything #common #common things #dinner #fill

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. ↗

— Dee Hock

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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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A brick could be used to increase your annual sales. But before you can sell, you’ve got to buy. For just $9.99 I’ll show you how a common brick can transform you into an uncommon salesman. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #buy

Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful. ↗

— Ally Carter

#humor #uncommon #beauty

LOVE is made up of a strong affection and patience whiles LUST is made up of a strong affection and impatience. Affection is common to them, but patience is not common. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#affectionate #common #fall-in-love #good-relationship #i-love-you

It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

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Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. ↗

— Jane Austen

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It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life. ↗

— Mary Garden

#because #being #child #children #his way