When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.
What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight.
I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray.
Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems
Memory overshadows the present and dims the future "into something thicker than its usual pea soup."
Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.
Realistic non-commercial films offer you a lot more liberty as a director than a usual film.
I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book.
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
The saint, we are told,
once lived a life of sin -
nothing spectacular, of course,
just the usual things.
Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.
I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity
Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual It was a weak pass okay
Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or fearful.
If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution.
Business as usual doesn't work, that we're in a time where we have to rethink a lot of the basic ground rules and assumptions of our civilizations.
... an opportunity to allow the bees in one's bonnet to buzz even more noisily than usual.
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.
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.
There are more ways of killing a man's love than by strangling it to death, but that's the usual way.
There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.
In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.
Madelyne, we're married now. 'Tis a usual occurrence to bed one's wife on the wedding night.
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me.
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.
The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors.
It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.
I tried to steer the student newspaper toward more pertinent information instead of the usual gossip and bull.
The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.
When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
I just want to lose weight and get back to being my usual self. There's too much flesh.
'MSKS' is a commercial film with all the usual formula. But, as with my earlier films, there will be a strong social message.
I think everyone should get married. I just took a little longer than usual.
Consequences of acting in Donald Trump's usual egocentric, "I make the rules," way can be quite dangerous for all of us.
I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.
I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.
There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.
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.
The last thing I will pay attention to is any of the usual Washington back and forth.
All of the usual formations have advantages and disadvantages, but none would work without the magic of the players.
Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.
[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch.
It is completely usual for me to get up in the morning, take a look around, and laugh out loud.
One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy.
We can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.
It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
I'm sure there has been something ridiculous [to sign], but nothing springs to mind. You have the usual things like breasts and such.
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.
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.
Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape.
Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.
Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!
General de Gaulle is again pictured in our newspapers, looking as usual like an embattled codfish.
In the enfranchised mind of the scientific naturalist, the usual feelings of repugnance simply do not exist. Curiosity conquers prejudice.
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