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“If you're a person and care about other people - I don't think I have any sort of special understanding or anything, I think any feeling person would experience similar things if given the same opportunities to see the things I've been lucky enough to see and meet the people I've been lucky enough to meet.”

People Ifs Thinking Persons Enough Feelings Care Opportunity Given Understanding Special Lucky

Author:Natalie Portman

“You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.”

Ifs Happiness Joy Given Laughing Special Laughter Smile Luxury Birthday Wise Birthday Smile And Laugh Special Gifts Smile Laugh

Author:Brad Garrett

“Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs.”

Given Force Special Mankind Speech Gift From God Special Gifts

Book:The Table Talk of Martin Luther

Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“In many instances the conduct of colored workmen, and those who have spoken for them, has not been in asking or demanding that equal rights be accorded to them as to white workmen, but somehow conveying the idea that they are to be petted and coddled and given special consideration and special privilege. Of course that can't be done.”

Ideas Done Courses Given White Rights Special Equal Asking Privilege Instance Consideration Equal Rights Workmen Conveying

Author:Samuel Gompers

“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.”

Eye Given Loss Special Policy Cost Profit Treatment Hospitals Beggar

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“It is perfectly clear that people, given no alternative, will choose tyranny over anarchy, because anarchy is the worst tyranny of all... The special nature of liberties is that they can be defended only as long as we still have them. So the very first signs of their erosion must be resisted, whether the issue be domestic surveillance by the Army, so-called preventive detention, or the freedom of corporate television, or that of a campus newspaper.”

“I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.”

Want Bigs Wanted Given Special Treatment Big Things Special Treatment

Author:Susan Butcher

“Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.”

Want Needs Giving Children Choices Given Parent Special Our Children Obligation Special Gifts

Author:Barbara Coloroso

“As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding. The most important thing for the performer is, after all, to create a special atmosphere - we enter the composer's feelings and emotions and recreate them freshly for a given audience.”

Important Feelings Given Understanding Emotion Roles Audience Pieces Special Particular Logic Important Things Atmosphere Interpretation Performers Composer Feelings And Emotions Pianist

Author:Rafal Blechacz

“The measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming. The bill upholds as ideals of American farming the men who grow cotton, corn, rice, swine, tobacco, or wheat and nothing else. These are to be given special favors at the expense of the farmer who has toiled for years to build up a constructive farming enterprise to include a variety of crops and livestock.”

“The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading”

Philosophy Given Special Findings Argument Conclusion Pleading

Book:History of Western Philosophy

Source: History of Western Philosophy

“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?”