“I was never promised any special treatment or consideration for fingering star players. I was never coerced to provide information against anyone. All that I was ever told to was to tell the truth to the best of my ability. And that is what I have done.” DoneStarsAbilityPlayerSpecialInformationConsiderationTelling The TruthTreatmentSpecial Treatment Author:Jim Lehrer
“Nobody seems to appreciate what an incredible player Wilt was," Russell said at 1997 All-Star Game when the league named and honored its 50 greatest players. "He was the best player of all time because he dominated the floor like nobody else ever could. To be that big and that athletic was special.” SaidBigsSeemsGamesStarsPlayerSpecialAppreciateIncrediblesAll TimeLeagueHonoredAthleticBest PlayersAll Stars Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“Most of us hide behind egocentric biases that generate the illusion that we are special. These self-serving protective shields allow us to believe that each of us is above average on any test of self-integrity. Too often we look to the stars through the thick lens of personal invulnerability when we should also look down to the slippery slope beneath our feet.” ShouldBelieveLooksSelfStarsBehindsFeetSpecialIntegrityIllusionTestsAverageServingThickLensesShieldsProtectiveSlipperySlopesSelf ServingEgocentricSlippery SlopeAbove AverageInvulnerability Author:Philip Zimbardo
“The capacity for loving strangers, whether one thinks of them as fictional beings or stars one will never meet, is a profound reflection on the new consciousness whereby every individual leads his or life while aware of all the billions of other people on Earth. Perhaps it is a fantasy or a fallacy that we can feel for so many strangers. Perhaps it is a mask for selfishness. But no matter the modern stress on special effects, there isn't a sight in movies as momentous as shots of a face as its mind is being changed. And only movies have allowed that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMindMatterEarthFilmFacesIndividualStarsConsciousnessFantasyModernSpecialEffectsChangedReflectionShotsCapacityHollywoodSightStressProfoundStrangerBillionsSelfishnessMaskFallacySpecial Effects Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I knew that they were something so special, mainly because of the lead singer, nine-year-old Michael Jackson. And it was just so obvious to me that he was a star.” YearsStarsSawsSpecialCamerasObviousSingersNineVideoAuditionsNine YearsVideo Cameras Author:Berry Gordy
“That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special.” ThinkingYoungFunStarsSawsSpecialHugeBelieverDrankFun ThingsSpecificsShowtime Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” ScienceUniverseStarsSpecialHumilityPlanetsScientistIntelligentAverageMinorsMonkeysCheer UpAstronomy And UniverseSpace AliensComputer VirusesExpanding UniverseUnderstanding The Universe Author:Stephen Hawking
“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means.” MeanStarsSpecialShiningWhere You AreSpecial Places Author:Dolly Parton
“Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That is what makes them special and a movie star. An actor's capital is his body.” BodyActorsLanguageStarsSpecialFilmmakerMovie StarBody Language Author:Wim Wenders
“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