Celine Dion

I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at.

Musician

Neil Gaiman

Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't.

British Author

Mark Twain

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

American Writer

Mira Nair

Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.

Indian Director

William Randolph

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.

American Politician

Violette Leduc

I was afraid of having to present my big nose to strangers.

French Author

Leo Rosten

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

American Novelist

Tennessee Williams

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

American Dramatist

Lord Byron

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

British Poet

Mike D

Real life is much stranger than fiction, man.

American Musician

Used to highlight the potential danger from people unknown to you or your family.

Safety Warning

Implies caution in social situations due to uncertainty about a person's character.

Social Context

Can be used neutrally without implying danger, just lack of acquaintance.

Not Always Negative

Emphasizes feeling alone or out of place among people you don't know.

Feeling Isolated

Often implies starting over or being new to an area or community.

New Beginnings

Describes something that is unusual or different from what is known.

Unfamiliar Setting

Highlights distinctive or rare characteristics that set something apart.

Unique Qualities

Refers to someone neutral, not previously involved with the case or parties.

Legal Impartiality

Indicates someone brought in to provide unbiased help or expertise.

Objective Assistance

 Here's the I don't remember that. I have no recollection of that moment. I've searched my memory banks, because that is funny and I should remember doing it and I don't. That was such an eye-opening, transformative moment for me, to think that maybe the biggest impact I'd ever had on anyone's life, a moment that had a woman walk up to a stranger four years later and say,

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 into their homes with generosity for fear that the strangers might be gods in disguise. This ancient code of hospitality was called xenia. It involved hosts providing their guests with safety, food, and comfort, and the guests returning the favor with courtesy and gifts if they had them.

Everything you need to...

 can teach us about dark matter, the reason why galaxy clusters can teach us about the physics of the very small, is precisely because they are so very big. Fourth the physics of the very strange. Certainly what I've said so far is crazy. Okay, if there's anything stranger

What we can learn from...

 talk touched a nerve and thousands and thousands of strangers started reaching out and sharing their own stories of accepting their introversion for the first time and those stories changed the course of my life so I'm going to tell you all about that but first I want to

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 being influenced by chemicals and evolutionary biology may seem cold and scientific rather than romantic, but the next time you see someone you like, try to appreciate how your entire body is playing matchmaker to decide if that beautiful stranger is right for you.

The science of...

 without knowing a lot more about the situation where it's being said. To start with, how familiar are you with the person you're talking to? Many cultures have different levels of formality. A close friend, someone much older or much younger, a stranger, a boss.

One of the most...

 and his son, Hermes, the fleet-footed messenger who shepherded mortals to the underworld. The gods told the old couple that, unlike the other townspeople, they had shown true xenia, or loving hospitality to strangers.

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 prevents science fiction scenarios, like using entangled particles to send messages faster than light. So relativity is safe, for now. But the quantum universe is far stranger than Einstein wanted to believe.

Einstein's brilliant...

 life at the top is not easy challenges from younger males can come from within the family or outside an intruding male has ventured into the territory his scent marks him out as a stranger

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 Out in the deep, the hunters look even stranger.

Stranger

Safety Warning

Social Context

Not Always Negative

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