"Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs."
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"Nobody stays special when they're old, Anna. That's what we have to learn."
"I’ll have your fathers make something special,” Holly said serenely. “If it turns out we don’t like him, I’ll cook the next meal for him."
"There's just something really, really timeless about live instruments. There's just something special about them that you can't really duplicate or grasp without including live instruments."
"Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special."
"Oh absolutely. Look they hate all conservatives but they have a special kind of loathing for women conservatives."
"I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20."
"Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special"
"Virginity, like all monstrosities, possesses special riches and its own absorbing grandeur. Among the chaste, life forces are economized and thus gain in resistance and durability."
"If one develops good habits and routines, it is possible to be a responsible educator most of the time; and to marshal the special energies and reflection for those times, when the correct course of action is not clear, or when one is weighing one wrong against another wrong."
"My special situation was that I was the son and grandson of architects. And so I saw building. We were building the city, and that was exciting."
"Japanese women have always loved my films, even when no one else did. Ever since I made 'Maurice' in the 1980s, I've been getting hundreds of letter from Japanese girls. They definitely have a special place in my heart."
"I have a special relationship with animals. I contribute to harmony and balance among all the living creatures of the earth."