"There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was. Or the Pips were, as far as that's concerned."

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"There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was. Or the Pips were, as far as that's concerned."

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

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"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

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"A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves."

Jennifer O'Neill, American Actress

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"But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep."

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"I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing."

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"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep."

"I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing."

"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

"Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever."

"There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was."

"In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again."