"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

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"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

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"I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

People, Hope, Race, Will

"I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

People, Murder

"If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

People, Answers

"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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"In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are."

Ovid, Roman Poet

People, Leisure

"With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

People, Belief, Blind

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

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, states, United

"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

People, Writing

"Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?"

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

People, Income

"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

Adrien Brody, American Actor

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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

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"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

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"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."

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"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

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"History passes the final judgment."

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"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."

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"A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another."

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"I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it."

"I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories."

"If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers."

"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like."

"In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are."

"With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing."

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

"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?"

"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."

"So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether."

"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

"History passes the final judgment."

"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."

"A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another."