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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
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"The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya)"

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Oscar Wilde Writer
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"When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing."

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Kate Chopin Author
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"She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing."

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Hayley Williams Singer, Songwriter
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"For something to be great, there has to be some kind of trial or some type of struggle that actually makes it special or valuable to you. Otherwise, anything could be easily taken for granted."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
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"There's a deep tribal aspect to my own nature. So when I'm in contact with those deep resources, of course I feel a very special kind of nourishment."

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor
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"Success is about making your life a special version of unique that fits who you are - not what other people want you to be."

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Jim Carrey Actor, Comedian
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"I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody - you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now."

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Jim Carrey Actor, Comedian
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"Every character I do is something special to me. Every time you score with a great character relationship in a movie, it becomes your baby."

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Mike Lee Filmmaker
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"These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country."

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E. M. Forster Novelist, Essayist
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"As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with the story, so that's going to be no drawback as far as I'm concerned. "Good Lord, why am I so bored" "I know; it must be the plot developing harmoniously." So I often reply to myself, and there rises before me my special nightmare that of the writer as craftsman, natty and deft."

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