“We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think about being different from them, about being Tibetan, Buddhist or even the Dalai Lama. I only think about being a human being. We all share the potential for positive and negative emotions, yet one of our special qualities is our human mind, our intelligence. If we use it well we'll be successful and happy.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMindHumansWellsDifferentUseTodayHuman BeingsEmotionQualitySuccessfulAliveShareSpecialNegativeIntelligenceBillionsOnenessBuddhistBeing SuccessfulPotentialHuman MindBeing DifferentLive For TodayTibetanHuman PotentialLamaDalaiNegative EmotionsTibetan Buddhist Author:Dalai Lama
“I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'” PeopleHas BeensSaidSelfFeltChurchDecisionDoubtSawsWeekSpecialNormalMy FriendsDefeatDisappointmentStoresReactionsBoardsSeatsPastorQualifiedSomething BetterSelectedSelf-doubtAdvisory Author:Jack Canfield
“Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us such a world power. Hundreds of millions of people may never set foot in the United States, but thanks to you, they've experienced a small part of what makes our country special. They've learned something about our values. We have shaped a world culture through you...in a way that has made the world better.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveMayMadeCountryStatesValuesCultureUnitedMillionsUnited StatesFeetSpecialEntertainmentOur CountryThanksDiplomacyExceptionalSmall PartsWorld Power Author:Barack Obama
“Skijoring is just something that people want to see, it's like Ben Hur on snow, the modern way. I love the speed, the adrenalin rush is something special. It's just unique.” PeopleWayWantLoveModernSpecialUniqueSpeedSnowSomething SpecialBen Hur Author:Charlton Heston
“Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming... When people try to avoid him, he follows them silently & turns upas the bartender, or the bus driver... Pain has an elaborate filing system for keeping track of everyone... Pain respects people who are willing to take risks. If you... face him directly, he will give you a special ointment so your wounds don't fester.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingPainFacesTurnsVoiceRiskSpecialCryWillingColdHorseFingersTrackWoundsSubtleDriversBusGreyBartenderFilingRespect PeopleBus Driver Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“Icelandic people are inbred. And they have a sense of themselves as genetically special, and a history of risk-taking because they make their living on the high seas fishing. Assets generally rose in value during this period, and so it looked like they actually knew what they were doing.” PeopleValuesRiskSeaSpecialPeriodsRoseFishingAssetsLiving OnRisk-takingHigh SeasInbreds Author:Michael Lewis
“In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this group has no clout with the state.” PeopleStatesGroupsSpecialMembersRussiaPriestsCloutSpecial People Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSaidKidsWantedSpecialImpactFighterChampionBoxingClimbingExpectingReportersLaddersLadder Of SuccessClimbing UpClimbing Up The Ladder Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“As a younger actor coming up, I wanted to be in films. There's something special about being on film sets; there's an excitement; the people in every department are passionate about what they do.” PeopleWantedFilmActorsSpecialPassionateExcitementDepartmentSomething SpecialFilm Set Author:Adam Croasdell
“I think there are some people that are capable of making a sequel more special than the original. And we have seen that when the original 'Terminator' came out, then Jim Cameron outdid himself with the sequel. Then it became the highest grossing movie of the year when it came out in 1991.” PeopleThinkingYearsSpecialHighestCapableOriginalsSequelsCameron Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Fashion is, after all, a form of escapism, and in fact people are buying more special things than ever, nowadays. They deny and deny themselves, and wait and wait, and then they get sick of it and spend to make themselves feel better.” PeopleFeelsFactsFormWaitingSpecialFashionSickDenyBuyingFeel BetterEscapismSpecial Things Author:Tom Ford
“I think one reason is that philosophers are more insecure to speak accessibly because non-philosophers are skeptical that philosophers have any special expertise. After all, all people - not just philosophers - have attitudes and points of view on various philosophical questions, and they rather resent being told that there are professionals who can think about these things better.” PeopleThinkingReasonSpeakViewsAttitudeSpecialPhilosophicalPhilosopherVariousPoint Of ViewInsecureSkepticalExpertiseResentPhilosophical Questions Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, "Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special."” PeopleIfsWantFeelsTryingSpecialStageSucceedEveningReally GreatFrightStage FrightGood Evening Author:Laurie Anderson
“Leadership potential exists in everybody. What I think we have missed is that we have somehow relegated leadership only to a special, talented few people.” PeopleThinkingSpecialLeadership Potential Author:Myles Munroe
“People are only animals, but special animals. Every animal has fought and killed to survive, even before the dinosaurs. We're the only ones that do it for fun. That's why I don't know about Darwinism. Supposedly evolution and natural selection are all about survival, but we haven't gotten smarter over the years, only more dangerous.” PeopleKnowsYearsFunNaturalAnimalSpecialDangerousHavensEvolutionSurvivalSmarterSelectionDinosaursNatural SelectionDarwinism Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“When you begin to believe you have license because you are a special person breathing special oxygen, that's when you're in big trouble. That's the road to insanity. And a lot of people in the studios are like that. They believe that they are special. I do think actors are blessed, or cursed, with maybe a slightly heightened awareness, which you have to use.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsUseBigsActorsTroubleSpecialAwarenessBlessedStudiosBreathingInsanityOxygenLicenseCursed Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of its reality in all of our lives. Some people don't and it's a mistake not to because people throw away god-given special chemistry that's very rare, very hard to find.” PeopleHardRealityGivenMistakeOur LivesSpecialGrantedChemistryRecogniseVery Thankful Author:Anthony Kiedis
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."” PeopleHelpingWantedSpiritGrowing UpGrowingPlayerSpecialCollegeMomLettersMy MomCoachesRejectionSomedayRealisticWithin YouSomething SpecialRejection Letters Author:Dick Vitale
“What do I care if someone doesn't like me. If I like someone other people hate, it makes me feel special. I think my fans feel that way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsCareHateFansSpecialLike MeI CareMake Me Feel Special Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I'm never home. I miss birthdays. I miss holidays. I miss anniversaries. I miss special moments. I'm not always there for important times, because I'm out on the road trying to make people laugh. I give up my privacy. I give up the ability to walk somewhere and relax.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantMomentsHomeAbilityWalksLaughingSpecialMissingGiving UpRelaxHolidayPrivacyMaking People LaughSpecial Moments Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“We are special in the sense that we can know our place in the cosmos. We can know our place in space. We are at least one of the cosmos's ways of knowing itself. That fills me with reverence and joy. Another insight I really want people to consider is this: everyone has gotten this far. Everyone you meet has made it this far. Nobody is superior to anyone else from an evolutionary standpoint.” PeopleKnowsWayWantMadeJoySpaceKnowingSpecialInsightSuperiorsMade ItCosmosReverenceStandpoint Author:Bill Nye
“Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we've been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn't particularly special. What I'm trying to convey in my book [The Sixth Extinction] is that we are unusual.” PeopleTryingHumansLongBookStoriesUniverseAnimalSpecialInformationFitLong TimeSmartUnusualExtinctionParadigmSmart PeopleVery SmartNew Information Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“I don't really have an ambition to become the Rolling Stones, or anything like that. For me, it's just playing music is kind of a transcendent, amazing gift, so when people come together and they play, I think it's a real special thing.” PeopleThinkingKindRealPlayTogetherSpecialAmbitionMusic IsStonesRollingTranscendentPlaying MusicRolling StonesSpecial Things Author:Jonathan Jackson
“The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.” PeopleGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsTermInterestCareersSpecialPoliticianTransformedSpecial InterestsTerm LimitsCareer Politicians Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders
“As you get older, you tend to be a little less patient with people - people who are not prepared, people who have unrealistic expectations, people who make unrealistic demands, people who think they're more special than other people.” PeopleThinkingLittlesSpecialDemandExpectationsPreparedPatientUnrealistic Expectations Author:Steven Pacey
“What motivates me is the chance to improve the world in my own special way; to contribute to the fight that all artists are fighting. I want to hold the mirror up to society and help them see themselves more clearly. I also love just making people laugh.” PeopleWorldWayWantHelpingArtistFightingChanceMy OwnLaughingSpecialMirrorsMaking People Laugh Author:Jinkx Monsoon
“Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, "Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good." Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.” PeopleIfsWellsSidesTakenSpecialCoupleLikesSomething SpecialVery PopularSnobbish Author:Brian Eno
“There's a special place in hell for what some people have done but there's also a special place in God's heart for their forgiveness.” PeopleHeartDoneChristianLeadershipChurchHellSpecialSpecial Places Author:Johnny Hunt
“Lifting one's gaze to the living God, the guarantor of our freedom and of truth, is a premise for arriving at a new humanity. Nowadays, in a special way, the world needs people capable of proclaiming and bearing witness to God who is love, and consequently the one light which in the end, illumines the darkness of the world and gives us strength to live and work” PeopleWorldWayNeedsGivingEndsLightHumanityDarknessSpecialTruth IsCapableWitnessPremisesLiftingArrivingProclaimingBearing Witness Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“TheFerrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for mostpeople it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few.” PeopleDreamSpecialLuckyVehicle Author:Enzo Ferrari
“I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with.” PeopleWorldI CanGroupsSpecialComputerCoreAround The WorldFortunatePlusLoadLecturerSpecial People Author:Paul Kane
“Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.” PeopleWayI CanFunSexImagineSpecialTalentFoodEatingCookingLikesCulinaryLastingNot InterestedLasting FriendshipSpecial Talents Author:Alan King
“We live in a silly time, and people go to the movies to see something that they haven't seen before, and you have to promise to show them that. In a horrible way, you have to promise them a special effect.” PeopleWayShowsSpecialEffectsHavensPromiseSillyHorribleSpecial Effects Author:David Fincher
“It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.” PeopleWantMatterCharacterStoriesHandsActionGoalWatchesAudienceLaughingSpecialEffectsCryComputerMemorableFilmmakerOver YouEntertainingAnimationMaking People LaughPuppetsGreat MusicGreat CharacterSpecial Effects Author:John Lasseter
“I think all of us struggle with how to keep relationship alive. And yet it can't be static either. It's never going to be how it was when you first met because you're not in that place anymore; you're not necessarily the same people. So, that's the struggle - you're trying to make the relationship move forward with the rest of your life and make it special and meaningful. And I think it's incredibly challenging.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsMovingChallengesStruggleAliveSpecialMetsMeaningfulMoving ForwardRest Of Your LifeStatic Author:Julianne Moore
“If the people that believed the moon landing was staged on a movie lot had access to unlimited money from large carbon polluters or some other special interest who wanted to confuse people into thinking that the moon landing didn't take place, I'm sure we'd have a robust debate about it right now.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantedInterestSpecialRight NowMoonAccessDebateCarbonUnlimitedLandingSpecial InterestsRobustMoon Landing Author:Al Gore
“You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldSpecial Author:Sharlto Copley
“You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.” PeopleThinkingValuesNiceGenerationsSpecialUnderstoodOutstandingRespectfulYounger GenerationWarhol Author:Ai Weiwei
“I think hand-drawn animation can be something really special. If the character design is quite simple it has the ability to allow people to easily relate to the characters in a special manner.” PeopleIfsThinkingCharacterHandsSimpleAbilitySpecialDesignRelateAnimationCharacter Design Author:Tomm Moore
“The most important thing we can tell young people is not to be an imitation of somebody else. That their life is special. They are the creator of their life and their way and find something that they enjoy doing that doesn't even feel like work. It feels like a passion. And then just by doing that and bringing that to the world, they become architects of change.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsImportantYoungLife IsPassionEnjoySpecialImportant ThingsCreatorWorking ItArchitectImitation Author:Maria Shriver
“The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because he's 83-years-old. And these people are in their 70s and 80s and 90s and came with such verve every day and would still be shooting these 10 and 12 hour days. So, that in itself made this an extraordinarily special occasion for all of us. It wasn't a job for the crew after a few days, it took on another tone.” PeopleYearsMadeStillsReasonTodayJobsCultureHoursPlayerSpecialStrangeOccasionsShootingToneCrew80sTrumpetsSelf MadeSpecial Occasion80s And 90s Author:Dustin Hoffman
“People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things of life. People wait for that special moment to express love and forget that love springs from thoughtfulness practised every day. People wait, but waiting is future and NOW is always the time.” PeopleMomentsBigsWaitingForgetSpecialEventsBuildingSpringThoughtfulnessGreat EventsSpecial Moments Author:Meher Baba
“I went to school for marketing and advertising, so I have a special interest in good and funny commercials and why they work and why they're funny - which is one of the reasons I, like many people, like watching the Super Bowl, besides the game.” PeopleReasonSchoolGamesInterestSpecialMarketingAdvertisingBowlsSuper BowlSpecial Interests Author:Kevin Nealon
“If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That includes the military, the pharmaceutical industry, the people who produce mechanized debt, GMO foods. We are prisoners.” PeopleIfsLooksInterestDemocracyGroupsSpecialMilitaryProduceIndustryDebtPrisonerSpecial InterestsLobbyistsPharmaceuticalInterest GroupsGmosPharmaceutical IndustrySpecial Interest GroupsGmo Foods Author:Deepak Chopra
“Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult means you think you are better than every other startup, you have a special way of doing things that's better than anyone else in the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayMeanHardSpaceSpecialVery GoodCult Author:Keith Rabois
“[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these very strict, repressive rules for themselves - it made me very allergic to the idea of denial.” PeopleWayWantNeedsMadeIdeasHateGrowing UpGrowingSpecialMetsI HateShoesDenialRestaurantsNeighborhoodStrictAllergicAllergiesSpecial NeedsTailoredLotion Author:Carrie Brownstein
“It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that people eat very small amounts of it. That it's a special thing, rather than reach for it because it's cheap or reach for it because it's convenient, that it becomes something festive or something celebratory, once a week, and that could actually be achieved on small farms if we really changed our habits.” PeopleIfsThinkingCasesWeekSpecialChangedAmountHabitOne DayMeatFarmsConvenientSmall AmountsFestiveSpecial Things Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, which is overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne, I discovered a number of experts in the penal system. I advised them to work with these special skills.” PeopleAbilityNumbersCitiesSpecialExampleKeysSkillsResourcesExpertsAustralianSydneyMelbourneAdelaide Author:Charles Landry
“You realize we're all going to go to college as virgins. They probably have special dorms for people like us.” PeopleRealizingSpecialCollegePieVirginsDormsAmerican Pie Author:Jason Biggs
“Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!” PeopleIdeasHandsDarknessSpecialGood IdeasCandleScent Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan