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A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie.
Bill Condon

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.
George G. Simpson

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.
John M. Ford

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
Zhu Rongji

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
P. J. O'Rourke

Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age.
John Ralston Saul

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women.
John Bright

I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous.
Joseph E. Stiglitz

I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely.
Brian Molko

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.
Michael Porter

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.
Hugh Mackay

It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.
Gordon Moore

It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
Bob Schaffer

It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one.
Antoine Lavoisier

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.
Mary Douglas

It's very unlikely that we're going to send more troops to Iraq. We are going to have to train the Iraqis faster and harder.
Richard Lugar

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.
Jeanette Winterson

Moreover the incorporation requires the same components needed for protein synthesis, and is inhibited by the same inhibitors. Thus the system is most unlikely to be a complete artefact and is very probably closely related to genuine protein synthesis.
Francis Crick

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
Billy Joel

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