"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."

People, Opera, Wrong

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"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."

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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

People, Excellence

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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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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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"You can stroke people with words."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

People, Words

"One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide."

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, states, United

"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

People, Comedy, Sense

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Work is much more fun than fun."

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"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."

Wit,

"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."

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"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."

Body, Mind, Suspicion

"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."

May,

"Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others."

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"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

People, Honesty, Deceit

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

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

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."

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

"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

"You can stroke people with words."

"One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide."

"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

"I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it."

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."

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"Work is much more fun than fun."

"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."

"I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me."

"Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."

"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."

"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."

"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."

"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."

"Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others."

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."