“You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.” IfsChanceSpecialPositionHonorPrivilege Author:Tom Seaver
“[Trade licensing] almost inevitably becomes a tool in the hands of a special producer group to maintain a monopoly position at the expense of the rest of the public. There is no way to avoid this result.” WayHandsResultsGroupsSpecialPositionToolsTradeProducersExpensesMonopolyLicensing Author:Milton Friedman
“If we have system in which government is in a position to give large favor - it's human nature to try to get this favor - whether those people are large enterprises, or whether they're small businesses like farmers, or whether they're representatives of any other special group. The only way to prevent that is to force them to engage in competition one with the other.” PeopleIfsWayGivingTryingHumansGovernmentForceGroupsSpecialHuman NaturePositionCompetitionFavorsEnterpriseFarmersRepresentativesSmall Business Author:Milton Friedman
“I think we reserve a special place in our hearts for women who dare to try and be powerful, or occupy a special elevated place in society or when they are 'the bosses'. I think we really don't like it as a society and we have a harsh view of them. We look much harder at them, than the millions of men who aspire to the same positions and I can't figure that out.” ThinkingMenTryingLooksHeartI CanViewsPowerfulMillionsSpecialFiguresPositionHarderDareBossReservesAspireHarshSpecial PlacesDare To Try Author:Meryl Streep
“I, too, am deeply concerned with an overarching idea that dramaturgs are now authors . . .. I am not taking the position that all dramaturgs own copyright, deserve special billing credit, or should receive remuneration akin to that of the playwright. I know from my ears at the Dramatists Guild that almost everyone a writer encounters has suggestions of how to write and rewrite the play or musical to make it work.” KnowsShouldWritingIdeasPlaySpecialPositionDeserveConcernedEarsMusicalCreditCraftsEncountersSuggestionsPlaywrightCopyrightGuildsRemunerationBilling Author:Dana Rosemary Scallon
“Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt as a black man like you to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had because there, but for the grace of God go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensHelpingMightAbleOpportunityFeltBlackSupportGraceSpecialPositionLike YouEqualDegreesEmpathyConnectionsPrisonShoesDuesObligationLeagueSatScoreMight Have BeenEqual RightsGrace Of GodUnemployedIvyIvy LeagueSat ScoresGpa Author:Barack Obama
“Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred a celibate to a domestic life has been able to occupy a position of honor and usefulness.” WorldHas BeensMadeAbleReligionWomenSpecialPositionHonorProvisionUsefulnessDomestic Life Author:Mary Livermore
“One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big.” PlayBigsTeamSpecialFieldsPositionThirdsBlockScoreSpecial Teams Author:Frank Knight
“Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either specially hated by other animals or specially cherished. Instead of the truth, which is that he's just another animal on the plain. A smart one, but just another animal.” ThinkingMenNeedsFeelsBelieveSometimesAnimalSpecialPositionSmartHated Author:Michael Crichton
“I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.” ThinkingPlayerSpecialPositionStartingValuablePitcherSomething Special Author:Justin Verlander
“Hookers in Times Square, God bless 'em, are offering a Mitt Romney Special. For an extra $20 they'll change positions.” SpecialPositionExtrasEmsBlessSquaresOfferingRomneyGod BlessTimes Square Author:David Letterman
“To suppose universal laws of nature capable of being apprehended by the mind and yet having no reason for their special forms, but standing inexplicable and irrational, is hardly a justifiable position. Uniformities are precisely the sort of facts that need to be accounted for. Law is par excellence the thing that wants a reason. Now the only possible way of accounting for the laws of nature, and for uniformity in general, is to suppose them results of evolution.” WayWantNeedsMindReasonFactsFormLawResultsSpecialPositionEvolutionCapableStandingUniversalExcellenceNo ReasonIrrationalLaws Of NatureAccountingInexplicableUniformityUniversal Laws Author:Charles Sanders Peirce
“I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.” ThinkingWantHas BeensFactsPresidentClearSpecialPositionRepublicanCriticismBarackAggressiveTroopsSyriaSpecial Ops Author:Juan Williams
“Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians whose eyes are fixed on the awfulness of crucifixion are in a special position to understand the awfulness of innocent suffering. The Cross of Christ is God's absolute identification with the weak, the powerless, and the vulnerable, but most of all with unprotected, undefended, innocent suffering.” HumansEyeChristianSufferingChristAnimalSpecialPositionCreaturesResourcesCrossesWeakSightAbsolutesPropertyInnocentVulnerableFixedVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsCommodityPowerlessUtilityIdentificationCrucifixionVegan HealthAwfulness Author:Andrew Linzey
“Right now we're in a special and powerful position, because the world is having a spiritual awakening.” WorldSpiritualPowerfulSpecialPositionRight NowAwakeningSpiritual Awakening Book:Miracles Now: 108 Life-Changing Tools for Less Stress, More Flow, and Finding Your True Purpose Source: Miracles Now: 108 Life-Changing Tools for Less Stress, More Flow, and Finding Your True Purpose