"Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure."
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"The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do."
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"Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special."
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"Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents - that person is likely to excel."
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"When you look at the way the pyramids are made, with many chambers that are hermetically sealed, they would have to be that way for a reason. And, you know, various scientists have said, well, you know, there were alien beings that came down, and they had special knowledge, and that's how they were - you know, it doesn't require an alien being when God is with you."
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"Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful."
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"I feel like if you know any women who's an essayist or a writer or a public speaker or just a public person, and they have any presence at all in any kind of social media, or any place where men can voice at them, you have to be pretty amazed at the level of special provocation and sort of violent speech and misogyny that comes at them. Any woman that's really in the public sphere has experienced this. It's kind of shocking how universal it is."
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"You need an audience to help you figure out what's working and what's worth putting on your album or your special - or even just what's worth touring with."
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"I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special."
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"Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us."
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"The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in."
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"It is most gratifying," it said, "that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated, and so we would like to assure you that the guided missiles currently converging with your ship are part of a special service we extend to all of our most enthusiastic clients, and the fully armed nuclear warheads are of course merely a courtesy detail. We look forward to your custom in future lives ... thank you."
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"Heads of state are actually prisoners of special interest groups."
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"It certainly changes your life. So that may be a cliché, but I think any woman would say that [day when her baby born] would have been the most special day of their life."
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"Naturally animals are very special to me, especially dogs."
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"Earlier in this century, the Heisenberg Principle established that the very act of observing a natural phenomenon can change what is being observed. Although the initial theory was limited in practice to special cases in subatomic physics, the philosophical implications were and are staggering."
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"I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics."
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"The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs."
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"I would prefer not to be living with anyone, really. Like, as much as I care for my special friend, I don't want to live with her."
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"It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do a special in Africa. Can't beat that. Pull that off, then I will have done something."
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