“We want to be special. We want our place in the cosmos to be central. We want evolution-even godless evolution-to have been directed toward us so that we stand at the pinnacle of nature's ladder of progress. Rewind the tape of life and we want to believe that we (Homo Sapiens) would appear again and again. Would we? Probably not.” WantBelieveHas BeensProgressSpecialEvolutionCosmosTapeAgain And AgainLaddersHomo SapiensPinnacleRewind Author:Michael Shermer
“Barry Manilow was very special for me. We've had many collaborations since then and all have been equally rewarding and musical. I've learned so much from him. I like being a student around him; observing him in his environment.” Has BeensEnvironmentSpecialStudentsMusicalI've LearnedCollaborationObserving Author:Dave Koz
“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
“Well, almost everything is open - the political documents, the (unintelligible) of cabinet meetings. What has been opened now and what had been closed are things that many governments still close, and that is police files and trial records, trial records of the special courts set up by Vichy. And especially interesting are the trial records of the Purge Trials after the war.” WellsHas BeensStillsWarGovernmentPoliticalInterestingRecordsSpecialPoliceCourtMeetingsTrialsDocumentsFilesCabinets Author:Robert O. Paxton
“I don't think you could find any person in political life today who has been subjected to more attacks and had more money spent against her by special interests, among whom you have named a few, than I.” ThinkingPersonsHas BeensTodayPoliticalInterestSpecialMore MoneySpecial InterestsPolitical Life Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would've said yes before I saw Aaron Gordon do what he did. And Zach LaVine went nuts as well. I think Gordon should've won for what he did. But what LaVine does is amazing. I don't know where he gets that bounce and that glide but it's incredible. I hope both those guys compete it in next year. Over the last years or so, I'd say the three-point contest has been more entertaining than the dunk contest, but this was really special this year.” ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsWellsDoeHas BeensSaidLastsGuyThreeNextSawsSpecialIncrediblesNutsEntertainingLast YearContestsNext YearBounce Author:Steve Kerr
“Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th century.” Has BeensFictionSpecialCenturySatireVocabularyRidicule18th CenturyStaples Author:Paul Fry
“The top two for me are Spotlight and The Revenant [movies]. Everything says The Revenant, but Spotlight is special. I think this movie would have been a lot more jumpy and fast-faced if anyone else had done it. This movie is very unassuming in how powerful it is. It very calmly, and very cooly, eats you up inside. I think if there's anything that will upset the Revenant run, it's gonna be Spotlight.” IfsThinkingHas BeensTwoDoneRunningPowerfulSpecialUpsetSpotlightVery CoolUnassuming Author:Bun B
“We live in a culture where information is becoming easier to access. Certain special practices have been kept very quiet and secret, and those traditions need to be respected. But there are a lot of teachings people can access that would benefit them greatly.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensCertainCultureSecretPracticeTeachingSpecialInformationBecomingEasierQuietBenefitsTraditionAccess Author:Sakyong Mipham
“Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous.” Has BeensMadeForcePresidentInterestSpecialDangerousTrumpControlledSpecial Interests Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I think there's something unique in the fact that her powers come from the same thing that powers him, and that is how we've made them have that kind of... that specifically in common, as opposed to it being something else that the comics kind of created, which has been pure romance. But they do have something uniquely special because of that.” ThinkingKindHas BeensMadeFactsRomanceCommonSpecialPureUnique Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“It certainly changes your life. So that may be a cliché, but I think any woman would say that [day when her baby born] would have been the most special day of their life.” ThinkingMayHas BeensBornSpecialBabyChanging Your LifeBaby Born Author:Cassandra Peterson
“Here's what people should look at as they look at a public servant. Do they have a passion in their life that showed up before they were in public life? And have they held onto that passion throughout their life, regardless of whether they were in office or not, succeeding or failing. Hillary Clinton has that passion, from a time as a kid in a methodist youth group in the suburbs of Chicago, she has been focused on serving others with a special focus on empowering families and kids.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensKidsPassionFocusFailingGroupsSpecialYouthSucceedOfficeClintonFocusedServantEmpoweringServingChicagoPublic LifeServing OthersSuburbsPublic ServantsMethodists Author:Tim Kaine
“People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right.” PeopleBelieveHas BeensGovernmentCareInterestSpecialLosingCapturedSpecial InterestsTrust No OneLosing Hope Author:Marcy Kaptur
“Honestly, some cases have been more famous than others - like Tot Mom, or Steven Avery, or Scott Peterson - but I would not characterize any one as being more special to me, more intriguing, or more important because that would be placing one victim as more important, or one defendant as more [notorious] than others, and I don't think that's right.” ThinkingHas BeensImportantWould BeCasesSpecialMomVictimHonestlyIntriguingNotoriousSpecial To MeTots Author:Nancy Grace