“Aquarius is a miscellaneous set of stars all at different distances from us, which have no connection with each other except that they constitute a (meaningless) pattern when seen from a certain (not particularly special) place in the galaxy (here).” DifferentCertainStarsSpecialConnectionsDistancePatternsMeaninglessGalaxyMiscellaneousSpecial PlacesAquarius Author:Richard Dawkins
“We've all had the experience of you pick up a book, you can't get into it, you can't concentrate.Then one day you pick up the same book and you don't hear the phone ring. You're totally absorbed. Same thing I have to do every day. When you get into that special place of unconsciousness - you get it listening to great music or seeing a great movie - it just takes you out of yourself, out of this whole world. There's no feeling quite like it.” WorldBookWholeFeelingsSeeingSpecialListeningOne DayPicksPhonesRingsWhole WorldGreat MusicSpecial PlacesUnconsciousness Author:T.C. Boyle
“It is strange how a man believes he can think better in a special place. I have such a place, have always had it, but I know it isn't thinking I do there, but feeling and experiencing and remembering. It's a safety place. Everyone must have one, although I never heard a man tell of it.” ThinkingKnowsMenBelieveFeelingsRememberHeardSpecialStrangeSafetySpecial Places Author:John Steinbeck
“I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport.” RunningPassionSportsRunnersMy PassionMotivational RunningSpecial PlacesMarathon RunnersCross Country RunningMotivational Cross Country RunningCross Country MotivationalFunny Cross Country RunningUltra Marathon Author:Sasha Azevedo
“He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'” WorldGuyFunSportsLossSpecialBattleBasketballGentleGiantsTerrificSpecial PlacesGreat LossChamberlain Author:Tom Heinsohn
“Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty, those mountains and the stone is kind of, eroded? Special erosion which makes what you see just something that seems, it's been made for a movie, it's like something out of fantasy except it's real.” KindMadeRealHardSeemsFantasySpecialMountainUniqueStonesFantasticMysticalTurkeysLike SomethingSpecial PlacesErosion Author:Violante Placido
“Loneliness is a very special place, Silently silently you touch my face” FacesSpecialLonelinessSpecial Places Author:Dennis Wilson
“I really was interested in doing something for a premium channel like Showtime or HBO, just because you get to really let loose. I think they let their storylines go wherever they want, and it's really a special place to work.” ThinkingWantSpecialSpecial PlacesPremiumStorylineHboShowtime Author:Ben Schwartz
“Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.” HardSpecialUniqueFantasticMysticalTurkeysSpecial PlacesErosion Author:Violante Placido
“I've always had a special place in my heart for old women digging through garbage bins. They saved my life so many times as a baby.” HeartSpecialBabyMy HeartSavedGarbageDiggingOld WomanSpecial Places Author:Emo Philips
“You're sitting with some guys, and you're playing and you go, "Ooh, yeah!" That feeling is worth more than anything. There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. You're elevated because you're with a bunch of guys that want to do the same thing as you. And when it works, baby, you've got wings. You know you've been somewhere most people will never get; you've been to a special place.” PeopleKnowsWantMomentsFeelingsGuyCertainLeftBitsRealizingSpecialPlanetsBabySittingYeahWingsBunchSpecial Places Author:Keith Richards
“New York is such a special place. It's really intense for people because they live here when they're young. On top of the energy of the city there's a visceral experience a lot of people have because it's a time in their lives where they're just absorbing a lot. Things take on a significance that they might not otherwise.” PeopleMightYoungEnergyCitiesSpecialNew YorkIntenseSignificanceAbsorbingSpecial PlacesVisceral Author:Meghan Daum
“I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always had a special place in my heart.” HeartStoriesKidsSpecialMy HeartSci FiLockedSpecial Places Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.” SpecialBudgetsProtectiveSpecial PlacesSundance Author:Marc Webb
“I'll always love Paraguay. It's this most exotic place configured out of the imagination, the whole country.Paraguay will always be a special place in my heart. I go back a long way. I first arrived as a refugee in 1982 from the Falklands War. So it was a safe haven then, and it has become something exotic since then. I feel like I'd like the dust to settle a little bit before going back.” WayFeelsFirstsHeartLittlesLongWarCountryWholeBitsImaginationSpecialHavensMy HeartSafeLittle BitDustSettlingRefugeeLong WayExoticSpecial PlacesSafe HavenParaguayFalklandsExotic Places Author:John Gimlette
“The room is a special place. It's not "A room" it's THE room. It's a place where there is no restriction. If we title it "a room" it can be any room but it's THE room so it is a special place. We all have this place. It's like our little corner that you are comfortable with.” IfsLittlesRoomsSpecialComfortableCornersTitlesRestrictionSpecial Places Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Sport has long occupied a special place in the hearts of Australians, and today the nation welcomes a new champion to the pantheon. Cadel Evans, cyclist extraordinaire.” HeartLongTodayNationsSportsSpecialChampionInspirational SportsSpecial PlacesCyclistsPantheon Author:Paul Ramadge
“Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.” NeedsGovernmentOrderFatherSpecialSurvivalConstitutionFoundingSpecial Places Author:Michael Badnarik
“I think the "trick" is you have to really want to do it. You're embracing more of the world. Which is great. We're all in the world together, you know? And the models in the show who are "plus size," they're not in a special place, they're not wearing differently styled outfits. They're just beautiful girls who are in the show, like normal. Everything's normal. That's how it should be!” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldShowsTogetherBeautifulGirlSpecialNormalModelsSizeTricksPlusSpecial PlacesOutfitsBeautiful GirlPlus Size Author:Christian Siriano
“I love the old movies from my past, when I was growing up. I just have a special place in my heart for them. They kind of feel like comfort food to me, so watching them is just cozy and warm.” FeelsHeartKindPastGrowing UpGrowingSpecialMy HeartComfortWarmMy PastSpecial PlacesCozyComfort FoodOld Movie Author:Cassandra Peterson
“Honestly, I do not even know whether this is on the visit itinerary, but if there is time, I would be pleased to go to Kodokan. For anyone interested in judo, who loves judo, Kodokan is a special place.” IfsKnowsWould BeSpecialHonestlySpecial PlacesJudo Author:Vladimir Putin
“Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern architecture. The experiences that I've had growing up in that very unique hometown has shaped me and always will shape me.” CompanyGrowing UpGrowingModernSpecialShapesUniqueTownsFortuneExtraordinaryArchitectureSmall TownHometownColumbusSpecial PlacesHeadquartersModern Architecture Author:Mike Pence
“I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem a lot more fun.” HeartSeemsFunSpecialMy HeartIndiaMythologySpecial PlacesHindu God Author:Terry Pratchett
“The left think that America is a special place, but not because of anything the people here did to make it special. It just happens to be. And the people who were here are here simply by winning life's lottery. It's all fate; it's all luck. And if anybody else in the world wants to come to this one special place, then nobody has the right to tell them they can't because we are all immigrants.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantHappensAmericaWinningLeftFateSpecialLuckImmigrantsLotterySpecial Places Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The left think that this special place in the world, the United States of America, it just happened. It just is. And it's our responsibility, as those who are lucky and fortunate enough, to happen to have been born here. It is incumbent upon us to share that same luck and good fortune with everybody else. Otherwise we are mean, selfish, polarized, partisan, extremist, racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, whatever.” ThinkingWorldMeanHas BeensStatesEnoughHappensAmericaLeftBornUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesHappenedShareSpecialLuckyLuckFortuneSelfishFortunateRacistUnited States Of AmericaGood FortuneExtremistPlaces In The WorldPartisansSexistBigotsSpecial PlacesIncumbentsHomophobes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I certainly wouldn't stand for policies that are gonna end up destroying America, this special place, because once this special place is destroyed and is no longer special, then where is everybody gonna go?” EndsAmericaSpecialPolicyDestroyedDestroyingSpecial Places Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I dare say, ladies and gentlemen, it's even worse in some people, it's worse than the mistake they make in just assuming that there is the world and everything in it, and then there's America. And this one special place just happened. No thought's given to how. No thought's given to replicating it, even. No, that's where it gets even worse. Where it gets even worse is that some of those who look at the United States for what it is, special, no place like it on earth. Want to tear it down for that specific reason just because it's unfair.” PeopleWorldWantLooksStatesReasonEarthAmericaGivenUnitedMistakeUnited StatesHappenedSpecialTearsAssumingDareGentlemanUnfairSpecial PlacesLadies And Gentlemen Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Common sense, to me, is simple. And I've never understood why there aren't a lot of people trying to figure out how the United States became this special place and then try to replicate it around the world, because that's the solution to the human condition. The solution to poverty, the solution to misery, the solution to backwards living is the United States of America. Why not learn how that happened, learn why and how we happened. What is it that made it special?” PeopleWorldTryingHumansMadeStatesAmericaSimpleUnitedCommonPovertyUnited StatesHappenedSpecialConditionsFiguresSolutionsUnderstoodMiseryCommon SenseMade ItAround The WorldWhy NotHuman ConditionUnited States Of AmericaBackwardsSpecial PlacesReplicateSolutions To Poverty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Diversity means, when the left teaches it, the people responsible for building America and maintaining it get the short end of the stick from now on. With this singular American culture that people came and wanted to be part of, they were proud, couldn't wait to become Americans, tears in their eyes when it happened. It was a special place. Defending it now, defending that America, defending our cultural, defending our founding, defending all of the things that made this country great is now called racism or xenophobia or hate.” PeopleMeanMadeEndsCountryEyeWantedAmericaHateCultureLeftWaitingTeachHappenedSpecialTearsBuildingProudDiversityRacismResponsibleSticksFoundingMaintainingAmerican CultureXenophobiaSpecial Places Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have this special place - America, you want it to remain special, you better find out why it became special.” WantAmericaSpecialSpecial PlacesSpecial You Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I like the way that American has become a kind of spiritual home even for people who have never seen it. American dreams are strongest of all in the hearts of people who have only seen America in their dreams. I think it's refreshing and reviving to go around the world and see how America still occupies this special place.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayHeartKindStillsHomeDreamAmericaSpiritualSpecialAround The WorldStrongestAmerican DreamRefreshingSpecial Places Author:Pico Iyer
“I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.” YearsReasonDreamSpecialBarcelonaSpecial Places Author:Ronaldinho
“A first love always occupies a special place.” FirstsSpecialFirst LoveSpecial PlacesLove Always Author:Lee Konitz
“The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.” ShouldSpecialUniqueRefugeWildlifeArcticSpecial Places Author:Dan Lipinski
“You don't need a special place to meditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there, and everywhere.” WorldNeedsSpecialFieldsHere And ThereUnifiedSpecial Places Author:David Lynch
“We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksHeartCultureSpaceSpecialExampleFameElementsWorshipProgramNostalgiaFlightExplorationAmerican CultureApolloExplorersSpecial PlacesSpace FlightLewis And Clark Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“New York is a special place; it's a city that I love.” CitiesSpecialNew YorkSpecial Places Author:Rafael Nadal
“I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.” WorldTryingMindHeartStuffSpecialGrewMy HeartGrew UpCheeseOpen MindMacsInsatiableSpecial PlacesPalateSpecialtyMacaroni Author:Rachel Nichols
“My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.” WorldWellsHouseNationsSpecialCourtAround The WorldComparisonSpecial PlacesJurists Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.” PeopleFeelsSometimesMatterPlayNaturalSeeingSpecialEverydayMoodLooking ForwardBostonSpecial Places Author:David Ortiz
“Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.” ThinkingWritingWellsTwoCasesSpecialDirectSpecial Places Author:Sean Penn
“I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.” PeopleWayBelieveWholeKidsFilmNightCultureSpecialSaturdayFeverSaturday NightSpecial PlacesNew CulturesSaturday Night Fever Author:Brad Pitt
“You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.” LawSpecialProvocativeSpecial Places Author:Vladimir Putin
“America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.” CountryAmericaImagineWorstSpecialSpecial Places Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I do want to emphasize that we've seen an explosion in the use of Google Maps and Google Earth for education. The earth is a special place. It is our home and it's why we're all here. And the ability to see what's really going on the earth, the good stuff and the bad stuff, at the level that you can, is phenomenal.” WantUseHomeEarthStuffAbilityLevelsSpecialMapsGoogleExplosionsPhenomenalSpecial PlacesAbility To SeeBad StuffGoogle MapsGoogle Earth Author:Eric Schmidt
“For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much.” ThinkingTryingActingToo MuchSpecialLetting GoMysticalSpecial Places Author:Juliette Binoche
“I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.” HeartSportsSpecialMy HeartReservesSpecial PlacesPittsburgh Author:Willie Stargell
“The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.” IfsWorldHeartSaidWould BeCitiesForeverSpecialTradeWho We AreSiteManhattanNew YorkersUntrueMosquesSpecial PlacesWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer.” WorldWantRealityIssuesSpecialOughtLogicComicDollsSpecial PlacesHobbesComic Strips Book:The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book Source: The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
“That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings.” PeopleKnowsDoeCoursesSpecialPaidLibraryArchitectureDrawingBrandsHomageSpecial Places Author:Jim Woodring