So I knew when to react.' It's an extraordinary anecdote by any standard, particularly for an actress.
One extraordinary anecdote to emerge came from a leading British civil rights campaigner who described how Ali agreed to visit a south London school during one of the boxer's numerous trips to the capital.
Thompson relates an extraordinary anecdote that suggests how Eastwood is able to work big on a small budget: When Kevin Costner didn't show up on time for a scene during Perfect World, Eastwood just shot over the shoulder of his stunt double and was ready to shoot his face too when Costner turned up, shocked.
Yet the book is chock-full of extraordinary characters, amusing anecdotes and shocking insights.
Thus began an extraordinary afternoon, filled with anecdotes, in a back room of Adou's restaurant in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital.
The court evidence is a rich seam containing the family backgrounds of Mau Mau members and extraordinary personal details and anecdotes.
It is an extrovert, tender, charming and unselfconscious book, with some extraordinary, hell-raising and hair-raising anecdotes.
In over 500 anecdotes I've collected on extraordinary experiences, I found that just as many women claim these incidents as a part of their own wisdom and perception at work, as opposed to "the universe" acting on their behalf.
Brian, thankfully, was the most extraordinary raconteur, entertaining us with streams of songs, anecdotes, and half-baked theories.
McDougall doesn't just cite them or pull some colorful anecdotes from them; he has an extraordinary capacity to capture their central point or argument.
