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Pose a political threat to Business As Usual, and sooner or later, mostly sooner, someone will try to kill you.
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.
I too had the usual insecurities. I wanted a good house and a healthy bank balance. But I never got cowed down.
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.
This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.
When I was 6, I learned where I came from, which was one step removed from the usual circumstances. I was adopted.
I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.
I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers on parting.
All of the usual formations have advantages and disadvantages, but none would work without the magic of the players.
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be.
You have years where most things go your way, and you have years where more things than usual seem like a challenge.
If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution.
Well, when I was six years old I decided, not that I was going to be, but with my usual modesty, that I was a writer.
We never considered Christmas a holiday because the budget was really tight, so Christmas was just a usual day for us.
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
Players that have had less minutes on the pitch compared to the usual starting XI will naturally concede more chances.
Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.
As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.
I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.
Consequences of acting in Donald Trump's usual egocentric, "I make the rules," way can be quite dangerous for all of us.
To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.
It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
Jones looks like he wants to slug me, which is only subtly different from his usual way of looking at me like I'm a slug.
"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - IS innately disruptive of “business as usual.” That is WHY it is effective.
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.
There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.
The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.
The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me.
My usual route is, I do a play at South Coast Rep, then there's time between and I revise it, and then I take it to New York.
Our sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul.
Nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic.
In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.
I am no Rushdie. The only people who think of silencing me are my students, on days when my lectures are more opaque than usual.
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.
Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.
With rare exceptions, Hollywood typically casts Spec Ops guys as macho, swaggering strongmen. As usual, Hollywood's got it wrong.
Delhi gives you a lot of love. Bombay people don't care much because it's usual for them to see a TV serial guy or a movie actor.
I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.
When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.
It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and prejudices, we tend to become more adventurous.
When you go for a vacation, you hit the usual spots, but staying in a country for over a month is a different experience altogether.