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• If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

  Eric Idle

  Laughter, Groups, Privilege

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• Effective science began when it passed from the occasional amateur into the hands of men who made the winning of knowledge their special function or profession.

  William Wickenden

  Knowledge, Science, Men

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• Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs with the door handles still intact.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Humor, Doors

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• It was special with me being from Memphis and knowing the history of the venue, knowing all of the artists who performed in the Orpheum before me. Even having the idea to approach it was ambitious on my part, but I thought they would turn me down at first.

  Yo Gotti

  Artist, Ideas, Knowing

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• I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'

  Jack Canfield

  Disappointment, Self, People

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• One Dad I know uses what I call Post-It® Note therapy on his children. He leaves sticky Post-It Notes everywhere ...in their lunch box, inside their shoes, on top of their sandwich before he wraps it up. He once went into his daughter's room, looking for his hammer, and on the back of her bedroom door were every Post-It Note he'd ever given her - over 250 in all with simple messages like 'Great job'...'I love you'...or 'You're special to me.' Do you think that girl knew, without a doubt, that her Dad valued her and loved her?

  Jack Canfield

  Girl, Daughter, Jobs

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• Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art.

  Tim Crouch

  Art, Theatre, Objective Truth

  "Diary of An Oak Tree: part 2" by Tim Crouch, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2007.

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• My favorite time of year is October, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I know that watching horror movies was such a special thing to me as a child and my only dream is that I get to make it feel like Halloween all year round for other kids, for other weirdos like me.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Dream, Children, Halloween

  "Fantasia 2014: A Gothic Interview With Matthew Gray Gubler". Interview with Shawn Loeffler, www.yellmagazine.com. August 6, 2014.

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• Without a vision there is no possibility of creating something larger than what al-ready exists. An entrepreneur has to be able to bring something to the table through his or her vision that is not being provided by others - a special way of meeting needs, caring for others, treating patients, or marketing. An entrepreneur must have enormous faith. Risk-taking is critical to the development of an enterprise. You will not take risks unless you have the faith to do so.

  Tony Robbins

  Caring, Creating, Entrepreneur

  Interview with Dr. Joe Blaes, www.dentaleconomics.com. February 1, 2000.

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• Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.

  Bill Gates

  Disease, Polio

  "Bill Gates Is Trying To Eliminate Polio, But Radical Islamists Keep Killing People To Stop Him" by Michael Kelley, www.sfgate.com. March 1, 2013.

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• Philosophers feel a little more cautious about letting down their technical guard lest the general public doesn't recognize their special credentials. It's the fact that philosophy is of general interest that, paradoxically, keeps philosophers from wanting to speak in a way that's accessible to the general public.

  Rebecca Goldstein

  Philosophy, Littles, Way

  "Interview with Rebecca Goldstein on Plato at the Googleplex, philosophy for the public, and everything". Interview with Ophelia Benson, www.butterfliesandwheels.org. March 20, 2014.

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• I think the first feature of any director is going to hold a special place in their heart. It's kind of like a first kiss in that its highly anticipated and will be forever ingrained in your memory, but at the end of the day you're just trying not to slobber all over the other person.

  Nicholas Ozeki

  Memories, Heart, Kissing

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means.

  Dolly Parton

  Stars, Mean, Shining

  "New Again: Dolly Parton". Interview with Andy Warhol, Maura Moynihan, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 18, 2012.

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• I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, "Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special."

  Laurie Anderson

  People, Trying, Succeed

  The Believer Interview, www.believermag.com. January, 2012.

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• It only takes for one person to remind you that you are special, and then your whole life is changed.

  Kellee Stewart

  Life Is, Changed, Whole Life

  "Kellee Stewart: The My Boys Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. July 7, 2008.

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• Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That is what makes them special and a movie star. An actor's capital is his body.

  Wim Wenders

  Stars, Actors, Body

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• Leadership potential exists in everybody. What I think we have missed is that we have somehow relegated leadership only to a special, talented few people.

  Myles Munroe

  Thinking, People, Leadership Potential

  Source: encomium.ng

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• the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Teacher, Religious, Party

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• I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of its reality in all of our lives. Some people don't and it's a mistake not to because people throw away god-given special chemistry that's very rare, very hard to find.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Mistake, Reality, People

  "Anthony Kiedis interview: Full transcript". Interview with Sofia Wenborn, tvnz.co.nz.

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• The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

  Bill Watterson

  World, Admire, Gags

  Source: bob.bigw.org

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• I am a Christian resident of New York City. I simply read things the other Manhattanites read (NY Times, New Yorker magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many of the books they read) plus all my Christian reading. I don't do anything special to understand skeptics. I also talk to a lot of skeptics and read things they point to.

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, New York, Wall

  Source: www.monergism.com

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• If devotion to the Blessed Virgin is necessary for all men simply to work out their salvation, it is even more necessary for those who are called to a special perfection. I do not believe that anyone can acquire intimate union with our Lord and perfect fidelity to the Holy Spirit without a very close union with the most Blessed Virgin and an absolute dependence on her support.

  Louis de Montfort

  Christian, Believe, Blessed

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• Moonlight is very honest and very special to me. I feel like this is the most personal music I've made, by far. I'm very proud of it and I'm very excited. It's scary...it's vulnerable and kind of terrifying.

  Ariana Grande

  Scary, Proud, Honest

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• The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Art, Training

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.184, Courier Corporation

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• Knowing that books are something that is hidden, that almost has that alchemical quality to it. There is a secret society in here, and if you belong to it, you'll be able to transform your lead into gold. I have that rather magical sense about books - that they do, somehow, have special powers.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Book, Knowing, Secret

  Source: americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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