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I did get a degree in special education.

Clay Aiken

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Clay Aiken
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
Actor
Musician
Politician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Raleigh
North Carolina
Clayton Holmes Aiken
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Degrees
Special
Education
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I'm tired and I don't know what day it is.
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I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything.
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It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.
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I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.
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I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.
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I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.
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I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.
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