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"It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing."
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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!"
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"Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking."
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"Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables."
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"I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music."
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"It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing."
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"I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South."
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"I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy."
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"The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally."
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"The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it."
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"You've got to change with the public's taste."
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