"People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster."

People, America, Country, First

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"People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster."

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David Chalmers, American Philosopher

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"A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering."

Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

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"I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

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Michael Biehn, American Actor

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"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

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"I think people should be consumers of journalism."

Andrew Vachss, American Author

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"I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes."

Al McGuire, American Coach

People, Country, Doctors, Question

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Ed Harris, American Actor

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"I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me."

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"Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men."

"Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will."