When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.
In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.
Hands down, ‘The Family Man’ is one of my favorite movies with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. I’ve always loved that movie… it’s pretty special. I also love ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ and ‘Home Alone’ – I think it’s really funny.
There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.
I’m a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love – and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.
Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It’s all about the memories.
To be honored by your peers is incredibly gratifying and I am so thankful to my colleagues across the league for this recognition. I’m also grateful to the talented and dedicated coaching staff I work with every day in Toronto. To be recognized with an award that bears Michael H. Goldberg’s name is very special.
During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state.
Magic is really performing special effects live.
We can’t have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.
I talked to Grant Hill, and I told him, ‘I played against you a lot, and now, hopefully, I’m getting to coach a player like you. Jabari has the opportunity to be a special player in this league. But it’s not handed to you. He’s going to work, and our jobs are to make him better each day.’
Obviously, my Indigenous culture is very special to me.
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it’s time for special counsel.
I eat about two meals a day vegan, is my rule of thumb. When I’m traveling, all bets are off, but I don’t cook meat in the house. I rarely cook eggs. I never use milk. But when I go out to eat for a special treat, I’ll have some meat. But I know, personally, that’s the best I’m ever going to do in my life.
You can’t, or you shouldn’t, be nominated for an Oscar unless you’ve turned in a performance that’s special.
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just ‘the wine,’ from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.
I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
Anybody can build a company and sell the company the next day. That doesn’t make you special, it doesn’t make you unique, it doesn’t make you all that great.
I don’t want the abnormal or something special. I want to have a normal life.
To me it’s the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special.
As beavers build dams and bees build hives, human beings have spears. Or take the high intelligence of human beings, the ability to make plans, to transmit information – that was also there before, but that, together with the tools, was not enough to make man special.
It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Ferrari gives you a special feeling.
I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s a special player, but Messi’s from another planet.
I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
Life is busy. There are daily concerns and obligations that have to be met, and to take time to think about how precious and special a human life is that you only get one, and that every wasted minute is lost. You can’t get it back.
It was a special thrill to meet, paint, and hang out with Ringo Starr.
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.
If the timing’s right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
Let your mind see every detail of your own special version of the very best that life can be. If you could make the world exactly to your liking, consider very specifically just how that world would be. If you could spend your time doing precisely what you wish, how would the moments of your life be lived?
When you align yourself with God’s purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.
To believe Christ’s cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
I don’t see myself as somebody special. I just see myself as Aaron, the same guy I’ve been all my life.
I only really discovered modelling in August 2014 when I went to the Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane and watched a fashion parade. At that moment, I decided it looked like an awesome thing to do. Before then, my spare time was competing at Special Olympics, dancing, and acting.
London 2012 was the toughest time in our relationship but also the best. Things could get fractious – we were both competing for gold – but standing next to my brother on the start line for a home Olympics was so special. I remember saying: ‘Let’s go.’
I started broadcasting in 1992, calling Providence College women’s basketball on radio. From there to an analyst on the NBA. Think of that journey and every step in between. It’s special.
Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.
We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.
Maryland is such a special place, man… You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain’t like that everywhere else in the world.
I really don’t think I have anything special to say.
One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
Instead of saying ‘unique,’ I will say ‘Kattappava Kaanom’ is a very special and lucky film for me because I got the chance to step into Hindi film industry when I was in the shoot of this movie.
We weren’t the Temptations, but when we came out onstage, the people always gave us a special respect because our songs were of an inspirational quality.
I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
There’s nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.
In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter.
What’s special about Miami is the collision of cultures. And the white sand beaches and fantastic restaurants.
It’s hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special film to be able to get that experimental. But, I would love to see that happen. I would love the opportunity to be more experimental than I am.
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
Hawaii is a special place because we have a very diverse population there, who are very respectful and tolerant of those who have differing opinions and different views.
The Champions League nights are special for the fans, too. You can feel it on the streets.
Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom that we have.
I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I’ve done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I’ve ever had come true – I am so proud of that I can’t even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.
