Special Quotes - Page 34

• I don't date Janet Jackson. She is my girlfriend; there is a difference. She is a very special and talented woman who never ceases to amaze me.

  Wissam Al Mana

  Girlfriend, Differences, Cease

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• I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

  Joe Flacco

  Years, Olympics, Baltimore

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• Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively objective. The photo can optically replace its object to a certain degree. This takes on special meaning if the object cannot be preserved.

  Bernd Becher

  Cameras, Degrees, Doe

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• They were just snapshots, nothing special, nothing particularly artistic. They were used for utility purposes. (On photographs of mundane streetscapes he had Stanley Something-or-other take in Sacramento in 1988 to serve as backgrounds to his cartoons. People don't draw it, all this crap, people don't focus attention on it because it's ugly, it's bleak, it's depressing... But, this is the world we live in; I wanted my work to reflect that, the background reality of urban life. )

  Robert Crumb

  Depressing, Reality, People

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• Digital [photography] has sped up the process to a point that it's a bit self-destructive. It is like driving by a new neighborhood without stopping for a walk. Special discoveries need time.

  Mona Kuhn

  Photography, Discovery, Self

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• And I have a special cream that I use that I made myself that I invented, that I put on at night and during the day.

  Joan Collins

  Night, Use, Made

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• We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

  Richard Dawkins

  Views, Kind, Privileged

  "People say I'm strident" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2008.

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• If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too.

  Richard Dawkins

  Christian, Matter, Life Is

  "What is the proper place for religion in Britain's public life?" by Will Hutton and Richard Dawkins, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2012.

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• The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his friend, how he can enlighten mankind, how he can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which he lives.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Christian, Brother, Selfish

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.50, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• Alexander McQueen... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend.

  Donatella Versace

  Fashion, Icons, World

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• You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city, but the location of the troops. You use air power directed - and you have embedded special forces to direction the air power. But the object isn't to level a city. The object is to kill the ISIS terrorists.

  Ted Cruz

  Air, Isis, Cities

  Republican Debate in Las Vegas, time.com. December 15, 2015.

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• While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God.

  John F. Kennedy

  Religious, President, Way

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• I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.

  Dolly Parton

  Dream, Real, Awards

  "Dollywood Turns 25", www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2010.

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• I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I'm not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.

  Mr. T

  Ice Cream, Work Out, Mind

  "Mr T: 20 years on after The A-Team". www.mirror.co.uk. February 1, 2009.

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• Of all the songs that I've written since I was 15 or 16, every song is different every song is special, it happens in a different way and I like that.

  Neil Diamond

  Song, Different, Way

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• My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

  Mark Knopfler

  Frills, Standards, Straightforward

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• Inclusivism: Whereas Exclusivists regard general revelation as informative only and special revelation as both informative and salvific, Inclusivists, by contrast, regard general revelation as both informative and salvific and special revelation as even mere deeply informative and even more effectively and widely salvific!

  Don Richardson

  Revelations, Contrast, Informative

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• If I can save one person along the way, I'm okay. The trials and tribulations my special needs kids go through daily is far greater than the journey I'm about to go on.

  Renee Sloan

  Kids, Journey, Needs

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• I don't want people to feel like they have to state something in a certain way because so-and-so might be around on the site. It's nice when people have a forum to discuss things among themselves. If you had a certain special-occasion blog I could probably contribute...I normally post on my site if I'm writing about music, and if you have a specific issue you're addressing or you want me to write about certain topics, then I'd be happy to try.

  Hilary Hahn

  Nice, Writing, Issues

  "Violinist.com interview with Hilary Hahn". Interview with Laurie Niles, www.violinist.com. October 22, 2007.

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• I had a real comfort with being on a set and in particular working with special effects and because of that background, it became much easier for me to base a first time feature film on a low budget cause I was sort of already knew how to do that.

  Duncan Jones

  Real, Firsts, Causes

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• You start to realize that the things that are different about you are the things that make you special. And, as cliche as at that sounds, you realize that if you are lucky enough to have something that is different about you...don't try to hide it. I don't try to blend in anymore, it's all about standing out.

  Taylor Swift

  Trying, Sound, Different

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• Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.

  Fernando Perez

  Energy, Negative, Cuban

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• For over 200 years this has been a special country. A unique place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. But now millions of Americans feel like they're being left behind. Insecure in their future and unsafe in the face of terrorism.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Insecure, Unique

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.

  Seymour Papert

  Stupid, Moving, Kids

  "Sunday Interview - Seymour Papert/ Computers in the Lives of Our Children/ an Mit Mathematician and Philosopher Is Exploring How Technology Can Educate the Next Generation - and Their Parents". www.sfgate.com. February 2, 1997.

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• It's really special to be a part of something that's really changing lives.

  Debby Ryan

  Life Changing

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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