#special

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12) ↗

— Teacher David McCullough

#commencement #graduation #read #reading #you-are-not-special

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#competition #difficult #happen #olympics #predict

Especially in the realm of bringing an opportunity to do something creative to people, as I said, who wouldn't ordinarily have that opportunity. I think that's very important. ↗

— Phil Lesh

#creative #especially #i #i think #important

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character. ↗

— Laura Linney

#acting #american #appropriate #be careful #because

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#especially #events #games #lot #olympic

Some of the things I've done are really special. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#i #really #some #special #things

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#average #being #citizens #few #gets

We think we've got it taken care of now. Multiplayer is something that's hard to do in a turn-based game, especially a turn-based game that lasts a long time, like Civilization. ↗

— Sid Meier

#civilization #especially #game #got #hard

Our loss was very heavy, especially in the officers. Capt. Sale, of Co. E, Duke's regt, was among the killed, making the third Capt. that has been killed in that company. ↗

— John H. Morgan

#been #capt #company #duke #especially

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#food #fuel #human #legs #means