437 Quotes About Special

  • Author Tim Urban
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    Gen-Ys are delusional; Most people are not special—otherwise “special” wouldn’t mean anything. Even right now, most of Gen-Ys reading this are thinking, “Good point. But I actually am one of the few special ones”—and this is the problem.

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  • Author Lionel Shriver
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    This pervasive craving to be recognized as special amounted to an abdication of power, an outsourcing of your core responsibilities. I spurned the fawning of strangers, but I did feel special to myself. I had found that "feeling special" was a private experience, and no one else's projected fascination could substitute for quiet absorption in your own life.

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  • Author Gunnar Ardelius
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    I don't think every person is unique. If every person is unique, then unique is a completely unneccessary word.""Don't you think that every person has something specific that makes them special?""Maybe, but if that's the case, then people are 99 percent boring.""And you, are you one of the few people who isn't boring?""I don't think I'm any more remarkable than anyone else. THe difference is that I've discovered that I don't need to go around pretending I have a personality.

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