When I got to the league, I learned and looked up to guys who had long-lasting careers because they didn't partake in alcohol. I'd say it's very rare (for an NBA player), but I'm already high on life and I enjoy living, so I don't need any extra additives.

Damon Jones

The house has a degree of graciousness that is rare in new architecture.

John Mashek

To be able to get this kind of property, adjacent to you, is rare. You could not come close to construct a building at that price.

Bill Wiseheart

For 27 years, Lisa Dennison has proved to be one of the Guggenheim's greatest assets, ... She has a rare combination of curatorial expertise, managerial skills and proven fundraising ability. This promotion is richly deserved.

Thomas Krens

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Mark Twain

This generation today has been exposed to more experimentation, and it's rare to find a candidate who has never tried anything.

Lt. Raul Munguia

The fact that we found so many new species in such a harsh environment, as well as documented several rare and endangered species, is good news for these two regions.

Leeanne Alonso

If there is a question of inability, most judges usually step down. It's very rare that matters like these go to hearings.

Bill Dressel

Everything has started on time, which is really rare.

Ted Sun

It is that rare impressionist painting where people don't judge the light, but rather are judged by it.

Alexandra Johnson

The live accompaniment really adds to the drama and power of the experience. It is a very rare opportunity.

James D'arc

We want to put in an office building, parking lots and barbecue pavilion. It's a birder's paradise. We've already spotted some rare birds.

Dennis Johnston

He's a player and a man of rare quality and he'll certainly be missed.

Greg Cooper

He is a rare example of a musician able to combine the different techniques of choral and symphonic conducting, and this allows him to lead the vast musical forces required to perform some compositions.

Christine Harforth

It's rare to have a system of that magnitude back up.

David Vallee

This is pretty rare for something like this to happen.

John Stimberis

When you look at her longevity and what she gave to the program, I think that is really rare. She is the rare exception in the coaching world and I was very fortunate to be a part of that as a player and a colleague.

Robin Blalock

Hunting accidents aren't big news. They're pretty rare.

Bill Balda

The key to everything was moving their nose (Miller). He got moved that time, and I had the cutback. Big hole. I got to the sideline, and it's rare for anyone to catch me from behind. Not saying it won't happen, but it's rare.

Darius Beaty

An end-of-contract player has become extremely rare.

Luc Misson

If you think about it, player for player we are fairly huge. It's rare when you can put that type of lineup in and mix in some size and athleticism.

Jeff Hayden

There are more financial misstatements and fraud now. There was a time it was a rare day to get caught in a fraud case. In the last year or two lots of big capitalization, nationally known companies have been involved in financial fraud.

Thomas Newkirk

His greatest asset is a rare and deep understanding of the interrelatedness of those disciplines.

James Cuno

This is special, ... The fact that you have a game with two teams undefeated this late in the season is rare.

John Manion

A rare blend of experience, skills, character and passion.

Bradley Wilson

This is as rare as you can possibly get when it comes to perfect games, to do it as a staff and with so few strikeouts. I've never coached a perfect game or been a part of one.

Bob Kittle

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

Saint Bernard

This is probably the best year of my career, and we are having a good year. It's fun when you have support from everyone, and everyone is on the same page. It's rare that it happens at the same time.

Kip Anderson

It's so rare in this town. I'm really hoping he's going to be successful.

Willie Richardson

Eugene is small potatoes for Whole Foods. Whole Foods doesn't need Eugene, however Eugene downtown needs Whole Foods. If we pass on this rare opportunity there may not be a second opportunity.

Larry Reed

That's huge, pretty impressive. That doesn't happen very often. It's rare and obviously it was a compulsory meet, so he was kind of pushing the ceiling a little bit.

Todd Vesely

It's not cost-effective; it's not necessary. The consumers we've done focus groups with are comfortable that this is a very rare disease and we've got safeguards in place.

Gary Weber

Rare Books: An Exhibition.

John Edens

It was just a tremendous high school basketball game. This is a rare occurrence.

Keith Haske

It was scary as hell (being on CNBC), but the cool thing about it is, as a researcher, you publish a lot, but it's very rare that you do research that makes the headlines.

Russell Sobel

It is a bird flu. It is aptly named. This is a rare human disease.

Dr. Ned Calonge

Rare sitcom wife who has her own paranoia and faults and downfalls.

Patricia Heaton

The awards event was a rare opportunity for our Prudential family to come together and honor each other's achievements.

Dan Forsman

Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.

Bayard Taylor

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain -- no matter what -- after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.

Kate Chopin

The Smoky Mountains are a rare jewel. ... Why not have a place where you can still see the stars? There is a value to keeping things primitive.

James Dawson

I'm wrapped to be driving with DJR, it's a rare opportunity and I'm certainly going to give my all and make the most of it.

Andrew Thompson

It's very rare that we would see an outbreak on consecutive cruises. The company has an excellent protocol for dealing with outbreaks like this, (but the Mercury staff) were not real successful in implementing some of their own protocols.

David Forney

I discovered a rare man. In days of confused identities, this man knew who he was. Nothing could deter or confuse him. ... This man lived his whole life fighting for freedom.

Jimmy Allen

Usually it's someone who's taking rare books where they have some marketability and hope for huge profits.

Leslie Burger

That is a pretty rare judgment to get a sizeable punitive damage award in a business case, especially in Dallas County.

Geoffrey Harper

Adverse outcomes are rare, so we have to be able to study large groups of cancer survivors in order to develop precise estimates of risk.

John Boice

It is a rare occasion when nurses are unable to use the lift team to help during critical periods. The communication and collaboration between nursing and the transportation department is high-level. When we need immediate assistance, they are a step away.

Pat O'malley

It is rare for appeals courts to reverse criminal convictions. The prime exception would be on technical legal grounds and that doesn't appear to be present in (Stewart's) case.

Stanley Twardy

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Jean de La Fontaine

V-2s are extremely rare — something we hope to fix, of course.

Geoff Sheerin

This is very rare. The system is designed to immediately provide an alternate so that service never goes out.

Dan Smith

It's considered normal if you feel like you are being moved around like cattle. You are there to complete the background of the scene, not to be discovered. Occasionally they pull an extra to say a line, but don't count on it, it is very rare.

Maclain Nelson

This is a very rare type of a situation. The danger to children is much greater from people they know than from people they don't know.

Nancy Mcbride

It is rare today, except in very, very crowded periods, to have to wait more than 15 minutes to get into the museum, with [lines for] the coatroom included.

Didier Selles

We had a taxi made by a small British company, Mercury, that we estimated would go for £30 to £50. It went for more than £2,000. People can't afford the rare items from the big names, so the smaller manufacturers are becoming more popular.

Andrew Reed

When he's 100 percent, he has rare talent athletically.

Dale Lindsey

I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.

Lord Of The Rings

There are views that the current rare metal stockpile levels are too low. The national stockpile of oil products is equivalent to 90 days of consumption, and metal stockpiles should be that level.

Koichi Fukushima

By focusing on this subgenre of rare books, we are developing best standards and models for digitizing other kinds of rare books.

Mara Wade

These artifacts and the blessings they bring are for all people. This is such a rare opportunity -- probably never again in my lifetime.

Noel Lee

There is no reason to believe at this juncture that this is anything other than a manifestation of a rare and obviously very serious illness that has found its way into the life of one individual.

Larry Bush

For a wildlife biologist, it's a career highlight to work with an animal this rare.

John Rohrer

It is rare to have the opportunity to acquire a set of properties with the fit that we see here in the U.K. Central North Sea and Norway.

Jim Buckee

It's so rare in Myrtle Beach that we get performers of his caliber.

Steve Bailey

It's just not that rare if you look at the whole picture.

Roy Johnson

Mo has reached the level I hoped she would be at. She?s great on defense and comes up with a lot of steals from her forward position, and that?s pretty rare.

Darick Clark

I got the ball and calmly got off the mound and just wiped my hand slowly across my face. It's so rare (to see a ball called), because one knows you can't put your hand in your mouth. How can he think I'd do that?

Wandy Rodriguez

It was very rare to see the same girl come down twice.

Jeff Oldham

It's rare that we see intentional attempts at this sort of thing.

Dick Piper

While the Endangered Species Act has failed miserably at saving rare plants and animals, it has excelled in making life miserable for many in the human population.

Peyton Knight

I think it's pretty rare to have the opportunity to work with so many people that I admire in one project.

Yo yo Ma

Aircraft do have landing gear problems. What is extremely rare is when you have television cameras aimed at the plane ... there were a lot of people in our office that were really stunned about how perfect that landing looked.

Donn Walker

It's pretty rare for home prices to fall unless you lose a lot of jobs in the local area. What you're really looking at is prices going flat for six or seven years while the fundamentals catch up.

Christopher Thornberg

If you find a government and a district medical officer and police officials who are all serious about the law, then you can make a difference. But that is very rare.

Sabu George

They're brought to us and we revitalize them because they've usually been traumatized by all of this. We then are involved in bringing this plant material, which is probably rare and endangered, back into circulation.

Carol Allen

We felt they have been intentionally mean-spirited about this permit. You hope this is America and this abusive conduct is rare.

Gerald Barron

That is rare. I do not know if I have ever seen that happen before.

Jeff Squibb

We chose this site in the first place because vacant property next to the canal is very rare.

Scott Harelson

The kids work extremely hard and I think we will improve throughout the season. The best part is that all the girls get along well with each other, and sometimes that is rare, but if we continue to work hard, we can get better.

John Gillengerten

It's so rare, I've only seen soft-shell crab festivals in a few locations. We're really lucky to have them here.

Joe Lee

In my opinion, he is the best athlete to come out of Chicago in the last 30 years. He has the rare quality to be able to take his game to another level.

Anthony Longstreet

Babies here seem to be almost as rare as panda cubs.

Trevor Fishlock

What a rare opportunity you have given the members of this committee, ... We will do our best to fulfill your expectations.

Ann Rice

I don't know what kind of talent I have, but definitely it's rare for people to do both things, and I think that's simply a creation of our education system.

John Mighton

Something rare and new usually brings a high price.

Karen Steuer

We don't distribute content that is known to be offensive, with rare exceptions. This is not one of those exceptions. We made the decision in December and have looked at the issue again this week and reaffirmed that decision not to distribute.

Kathleen Carroll

It's very rare that Latinos are the deciding force in an election.

Louis Desipio

Criminals know the best way to get shot is to break in at night. When you go to work, they go to work. It's rare to have a home invasion at night.

Chris Hill

We were up 5-3 and lost, and it's rare that (Walter) loses a set 6-3.

Jay Lapidus

The forgery is irrelevant. There was never any doubt that it's a rare first edition. That was never an issue. Even I knew that much from the start.

Jerry Laiche

It's a rare chance to see them (locomotives) operate in the winter.

Richard Carroll

The profits are exceeding everyone's expectations. It's one of those rare moments in time where corporations really have earnings momentum.

Keith Wirtz

Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Ernie Kovacs

To get something like this performed is pretty rare. It's a great opportunity for someone at my young age.

Brian Crosby

The ivory-billed woodpecker has a rare chance at recovery, but no one is listening.

David Carruth

It is rare we burn this many acres this early in the fire season.

Ken Frederick

We lost power and first gear in the last stage. It's been one of those rare days when everything has worked.

Martin Jones

It may very well be that solar systems like our own are probably not rare in the galaxy. They may actually be a very common case.

Alan Boss

It's fairly common to have some kind of incident. It's rare that there isn't a disruptive situation. It may just be someone who is drunk and screaming.

Kent Blackmer

It's rare that that happens. But we're certainly happy to have them this year.

Karen Mccaffrey

He apparently had a Svengali-like approach or control over her and set out to mold and shape her every performance and appearance on screen, ... Those instances are rare, I think.

Leonard Maltin

Anybody can build a new house outside of town. But this is a rare opportunity.

Donna Streier

It's rare. It's happened before, but it's rare.

Brian J. Moran

He just totally raises the bar for our team. We've got guys doing things they probably wouldn't normally be able to do because of him pushing everyone. He's definitely a rare gem.

Brent Moore

It was one of those rare games where most everything you do goes well. We were scoring and rebounding at will from the start.

Cheryl Benton

We feel really special to be part of the only basketball program in Lower Bucks County to win a district championship, this is a rare experience. This is truly special; every time I turn around, I can't believe it.

Addie Micir

Here was a rare man, who lived a rare life and showed us the way to live life at its fullest.

Jimmy Allen

He's an interpreter of music who really communicates the emotions of the music to the audience. That's very rare.

Jim O'connell

They're going to be rare for sure.

Donald Austin

Usually you don't see too many balks, and catcher's interference is probably one of the most rare things you'll see. I guess we just battled through it. It was a close game, and we just came through at the end.

Antone Dejesus

On the coastal areas pterosaur predominate and birds were exceedingly rare.

Alexander Kellner

We have had cases of funds being stolen from the university in the past, but it certainly is a rare occasion.

Tysen Kendig

Rare courage and fortitude who had broken away from tradition to fulfill her dream.

Kalpana Chawla

Normally, if you keep breaking the (probation) order, you'll get jail. It's very rare that you go backwards, but every case is different.

Gordon Baines

Anthrax events in perspective are pretty rare.

Calvin Chue

It's so rare, so that's why research gets so little funding. But for young people, and anyone with it, it robs them out of huge bits of their lives.

Donna White

Of course, any product can be overused ... so people should listen to their own bodies and adjust their routine if necessary. But I would caution against confusing rare examples of overuse with the typical experience.

Mark Guibert

It's rare but it can be fatal ... so you need to be very attuned to what the additional signs [of meningitis] are.

Colin Riley

This morning's announcement has been some rare good news for college students. Students are skeptical because of the lack of detail provided to them thus far, we've already waited a week.

Matt Jackson

It is somewhat of a rare genetic disease.

Dorothy Moore

It's rare that you know exactly where a population became started and then its march across an area.

Hank Smith

To have your top five guys get medals ... that's big. I mean, to have L.C. score 49 and not win the meet ... that's rare. I'd take 49 points anytime.

Doug Muehlig

It's rare to have all of those user groups. We are proud we are able to work cooperatively. It's important because we have common interests and common goals.

Chris Leman

It's rare that you get the rights to such a recent, successful play as this.

John Byrom

It's rare he has good, good days any more. It's more and more often he has rough days, so to speak. We don't call them bad days; they're good days because he's alive.

Lynn White

Unfortunately this occasionally happens. It's not as rare as you would think.

Laurie Lentz

It's so rare for anything in the telecom sector to show any kind of growth, but they're taking it away from AT&T and MCI and the Baby Bells.

Donna Jaegers

This is rare ? especially in March.

John Lindsey

This is an amazing and rare collection of Michael Jordan memorabilia that doesn't come along everyday.

Laurence Toney

These particular moths have not been recorded as major economic pests for farmers, but it is a rare event to see such large numbers.

M. Hopkins

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

Neal Stephenson

This is incredibly rare. They are just not in existence anymore so we're pleased to have it in the collection.

Krystyna Phillips

Rare actresses who was able to become the person she was playing and experience the emotions that that person was having. It was incredibly painful, almost psychic and quite devastating for her.

Kevin Brownlow

Despite all of the known benefits of exercise, there are also well-documented associations between acute episodes of exertion and sudden cardiac death. Although relatively rare, these deaths commonly occur in an unexpected fashion among those who appear quite healthy.

Christine Albert

The main thing was that he genuinely cared about us as people, ... And in pro football, that's pretty rare.

Damon Huard

[Certified financial planners who reviewed Cummings' portfolio applauded her savings efforts.] She is absolutely a rare breed of saver in this country, ... She needs more juice for her goals.

Rick Applegate

We concluded this very cordially. It was a rare chance to have a nice conversation.

Mike Ferreira

There are a lot of different diseases that look like CJD and it is so rare many doctors may never even see it in their years of practice. We don't have a lot of experience with it, so we're asking the CDC to review the cases where autopsies were not done to give us an expert opinion on whether they were likely CJD cases.

Tom Shanahan

I think it's a very fair proposal. I think this is one of those rare occasions where everyone can claim victory.

George Pataki

What separated Andy from many other great leaders is that he had a big heart, not just a big brain. It's a rare quality to have both passion and a sense of humor, along with brilliance, and Andy set the standard.

Jamie Dimon

It's very rare that anyone ever does the speed limit. And accidents happen when people illegally pass.

Thomas Maus

There is a look and a grace and an elegance and a power that goes with diving, ... You can find power in a lot of kids and grace in some kids. But to find grace, power and beauty in the air is so very rare. Coaches from all across the country take one look at her and say, 'Oh, my god.'

Dennis Taylor

Onassis told Jerry about it at a dinner in New York. People trusted Jerry because his word was his bond. It's a rare commodity now.

Charles Owens

It's extremely rare for one to turn up in a river in the United Kingdom. I suspect that the animal may be in ill health.

Tony Martin

Being a working actor at all is a rare thing. To do it and be respected by my peers and fans is most important.

Michael Rosenbaum

He's unbelievable. It's rare to find such an all-around player. He's a good student, he's a good person, he's a great player, he works at his game, he's humble. I don't care what field you're in, it's rare to have a person that has that combination.

Paul Hewitt

There's very little difference between the two certifications. And a tsunami is a very rare event - anywhere.

Bill Sammler

Even some of the dinosaurs may have gotten involved in some of this. I think it would be quite rare and a very small and insignificant contribution.

William Thomas

It's so rare that skiing is so much in front of a national audience like this, I have to believe it's got to help.

Nathan Rafferty

Today's approval is a major step forward in making breakthrough treatments available for patients with rare and difficult-to-treat forms of cancer.

Dr. Steven Galson

It's rare that someone will call and say, 'I'll hire you as a lawyer' because they've seen the show.

Roger Katz

We're the rare animal in the symphony orchestra world; while most orchestras belong to a city, we belong to the state.

Alice Golembo

Everybody's on the same page. That's rare. So the parents and youth could talk together at home.

Jim Dixon

Obviously her power at the plate is pretty rare. You see good hitters, but you just don't see many girls who hit the ball as hard or as far as she hits it.

Jami Lind

I found that essence rare, it's what I looked for / I knew I'd get what I asked for.

Gang Of Four

We are actively cultivating relationships with people who might be in a position to help us that way. Opening a college doesn't happen very often, so this is a rare opportunity for someone to put their name on something pretty important.

Bud Morris

Something of this nature is extremely rare. Our experience is that the mammography facilities in Pennsylvania are doing an exemplary job.

Ron Ruman

Bode is one of those rare individuals who's not deterred by a lack of success. That doesn't seem to be part of his mindset.

Chip Cochrane

There's a reason Josh hits in the fourth spot; he puts the bat on the ball. Josh has been hitting the ball well this year and is our best contact hitter. He learns from at-bat to at-bat and from game-to-game. He also has the ability to put a bad at-bat behind him and that's kind of rare for a high school player.

Mike Schulte

For one school to have been cited as a worldwide leader in four subject areas is incredibly rare.

Trevor Packer

That's pretty rare. We did a lot of moving people around, and everybody played real well.

Randy Salyers

As terrible as things are, we have a rare opportunity to see exposed areas in Beauvoir House, to see how it was constructed. For example, we have never seen the wall studs. Now it's all being documented.

Patrick Hotard

Larry Kessler is one of the most effective, compassionate leaders in our community. It is rare to find someone who treats everyone with the dignity with which they deserve to be treated.

Peter Meade

Homicides are very rare. We live in a community where people pay their taxes and go to church.

Chief Leonard Gallo

It worked out for the better for everyone, and those situations are rare, ... I can't complain about it.

Reggie Hayward

There's a lot more information out there, so many Web sites with so much information. The idiot of a fantasy-football group can win the league. But it's very rare when the idiot can win fantasy baseball.

Peter Schoenke

Going coast to coast is rare for me, but I think it's what I do best. I think it was the most important goal of my life right now.

Nikolai Zherdev

With rare exceptions, I feel strongly that McGovern's rule is an appropriate one for us all. The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is most debilitating to the person who bears it.

Katharine Graham

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

Alan Cumming

I told her that she was going to surprise a lot of people, but not me. She's a rare athlete that can do it all.

Teresa Anderson

Pretty much since statehood, we have kept a continuous record of what [the Supreme Court] did. We have lots of rare, old books, even Spanish books from when Spanish law was important in interpreting land grants.

Craig Waters

It's pretty rare to find a group like this. They comprise about half of 1 percent of the registered sex offenders in California. So, even as sex offenders go, they are the elite.

Jesus Padilla

The things you have to do to win (a Medal of Honor) are so rare, so unusual. Millions of people have served in the armed forces, and only a couple thousand have received one. What they would have to do would be so phenomenal, so over the top, that it just doesn't happen very often.

David Burrelli

Apart from a few good country cooks, and a few rare exceptions, [Australia] was, in fact, a culinary wasteland.

David Thompson

It's very rare for someone to be so short (priced).

John Thornton

We cannot keep supporting a system that is wasteful. It is very rare that we might have to use a bus.

Steve Holland

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

James Russell Lowell

My sense is that planned, permitted, endorsed napping by management is still rare.

David Dinges

There were 284 deaths from West Nile virus last year, (but) 30,000 deaths from pneumonia and influenza, and those are diseases that we can immunize against, ... So this is still a quite rare condition and not something that people should be overly concerned about.

Daniel Blumenthal

Sometimes in the fall we'll see 20 or 30 of these birders, dressed out in Abercrombie & Fitch clothing with their spotting scopes, looking at some little dickey bird. The word gets out that there's some shorebird that's rare, and they all flock to the coast to look at it.

Reg Pullen

The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.

Alexander Crummell

[She was] a copy editor, possessed of the rare capacity to sit all day in a small cubicle, like a monk in a cell, and read with an almost penitential rigor.

David Leavitt

She is one of those rare individuals who gently gets as many rebounds as points. She has an awesome jump shot and when she wants to take it to the hoop, she can. We count on her for six to 12 rebounds per game, so when she gets a double-double, that's a Johanna game.

Tim Kohlbecker

It's exciting to have the rare opportunity to build a new team at a new school. I'm looking forward to joining the ranks of the excellent coaches Jackson has had for years.

Tim Osborn

Information in the context of information theory does not include 'meaning,' but it focuses on how rare, surprising, predictable or complex a message is.

Ryuji Suzuki

It's very rare in the 100-year history of the league. But it doesn't matter when it happens. ... Certainly the playoffs were not a concern. We got a couple of calls from people (saying), 'What are you going to do about the playoffs?' My response was that we didn't really care.

Charles Breithaupt

As languages become rare they become less attractive for people to use and speak.

Bill Sutherland

Ministers who are not anti-gay are very rare in the South. They're banished in a way from their own religions. I have relatives in the ministry, so it's not caricature in my life experience.

Tim Kirkman

The area has rare and unique habitats with rare and unique animal populations.

Eric Morgan

It would certainly be rare, but considering the circumstances it's not surprising. It's well known the city is having severe fiscal difficulties.

Eric Hoffman

Both inside and outside the classroom, he's really genuinely concerned about both theoretical and practical issues. That's another thing that's distinctive. He's really able to join theory and practice and that is often a rare quality.

Eric Gregory

There's always been a friendly rivalry between the two of us. This year, it was my goal to make the Olympic team, and I'm sure it was Brett's, too. For that to happen for both of us is rare.

Eric Camerota

The season is not over by any stretch of the imagination. If we didn't get anything it would be really rare.

Eric Blake

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Emily Dickinson

He is a big talent, and we want to use his creativity across all platforms. He is one of those rare total packages. Our audiences will really, really like him.

Elizabeth Porter

Rare plants are rare because they've got strange habits.

Elaine Nash

He's a man of rare distinction, outstanding in every way; he's a doer and there are few of those in Jamaica. I don't know what he's going to do but he will have to be back here very often.

Edward Seaga

You can shop like a king with $20. Everybody loves a deal, and I think it will appeal to anybody regardless of their income. It's a rare person that will walk out of Ikea empty-handed.

Ed Nakfoor

It has some rare plants, rare animals and rare trees. It's really exciting to be able to protect that.

Ed Gruenwald