Extraordinary Circumstances Quotes

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela

Leader, Become, Ordinary

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Jean Paul

Good, Try, Wait

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
William Halsey

Men, Deal, Ordinary

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.
Peter O'Toole

Great, Morning, Said

All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?
Ingrid Newkirk

Good, Society, True

When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.
Dougray Scott

Pain, Character, Feeling

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Sam Rayburn

Good, Try, Wait

I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.
Rob Lowe

Men, Force, Events

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