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Frederick Buechner67
Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian 1926Related quotes
“You were born as an ordinary human, but make sure you die as an extraordinary human”
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“The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman.”
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer
"Women and Fiction"
Granite and Rainbow (1958)
Context: The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman. It is only when we know what were the conditions of the average woman's life … it is only when we can measure the way of life and the experience of life made possible to the ordinary woman that we can account for the success or failure of the extraordinary woman as a writer.
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
Jimmy Johnson (1928) American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
“The most ordinary things could be made extraordinary.”
Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One
Variant: Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.
Source: The Lucky One
“There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.”
Neal Shusterman (1962) American novelist
Source: UnWholly
“If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.”
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Source: Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life
