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"Gzowski on FM".
Conversations with Robertson Davies (1989)
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”
Though widely attributed to Hillary on the internet, this appears to have originated as a quote about him in a Rolex advertisement.
Disputed
1970s, First Presidential address (1974)
Context: The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the Constitution. But I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans. This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
Therefore, I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside chat, not a campaign speech — just a little straight talk among friends. And I intend it to be the first of many.
“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
“The most ordinary things could be made extraordinary.”
Variant: Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.
Source: The Lucky One
“I've the most extraordinary longing to say 'Bloody Hell!”
Nora Helmer, Act I
A Doll's House (1879)
“There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.”
Source: UnWholly