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"When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now."
Van Morrison
"When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now."
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"I do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair before the shoots for a commercial or film or other, and I thought: Sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me and millions of people can see how many pimples I've got on my cheeks."
Jonathan Brandis
"I do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair before the shoots for a commercial or film or other, and I thought: Sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me and millions of people can see how many pimples I've got on my cheeks."
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"I represent the views and the values of the people of the district."
Paul Gillmor
"I represent the views and the values of the people of the district."
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"When you have such a huge past, a big background as we have, you can play off that - a lot of people do. But we felt we wouldn't have a legitimate future unless we put something new together."
Andy Taylor
"When you have such a huge past, a big background as we have, you can play off that - a lot of people do. But we felt we wouldn't have a legitimate future unless we put something new together."
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"People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess."
Nicolas Chamfort
"People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess."
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"Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living."
Mariel Hemingway
"Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living."
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"I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens."
Ann Patchett
"I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens."
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"You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future."
Warren G. Bennis
"You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future."
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"I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?"
Tom Clancy
"I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?"
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"You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one."
Vanessa Kerry
"You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one."
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"I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty."
Bob Hope
"I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty."
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"The songs were really complicated. I used to meet people in bar bands who were trying to play our songs and they were really struggling with it. Technically it was really difficult stuff."
Kip Winger
"The songs were really complicated. I used to meet people in bar bands who were trying to play our songs and they were really struggling with it. Technically it was really difficult stuff."
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"People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that."
Dave Winfield
"People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that."
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"Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded."
Joe Biden
"Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded."
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"When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters."
Edward F. Halifax
"When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters."
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"I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else."
Iris DeMent
"I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else."
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"Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me."
Meg White
"Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me."
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"I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today."
Bill Richardson
"I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today."
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"I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better."
Tony Danza
"I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better."
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"I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day."
Chuck D.
"I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day."
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"People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough."
David Sylvian
"People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough."
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"My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over."
Elizabeth Perkins
"My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over."
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"But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them."
Oscar Robertson
"But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them."
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"Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people."
Michael Palin
"Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people."
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"Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many were homosexuals - the two things seem to go together."
Pat Robertson
"Many of those people involved in Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many were homosexuals - the two things seem to go together."
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"You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart."
Tony Hillerman
"You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart."
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"I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film."
Morris Chestnut
"I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film."
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"Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing."
Dick Cavett
"Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing."
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"I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up."
Tracey Gold
"I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up."
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"I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive."
Andrew Eldritch
"I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive."
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"People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry."
John Shimkus
"People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry."
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"Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal."
Wanda Sykes
"Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal."
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"I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now."
Sophia Loren
"I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now."
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"Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me."
Alma Guillermoprieto
"Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me."
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"It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet."
Elisabeth Rohm
"It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet."
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"I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills."
Stuart Pearce
"I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills."
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"The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not."
Hillary Clinton
"The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not."
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"I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians."
Todd Barry
"I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians."
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"I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available."
Lee R. Raymond
"I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available."
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"That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people."
James McAvoy
"That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people."
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"The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation."
Charles W. Pickering
"The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation."
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"Walt understood all of those things, and even common things about people. For instance: Usually you get your idea of what kind of day it is by looking at the horizon, because the horizon is your eye level. So what Walt did is to eliminate the horizon."
John Hench
"Walt understood all of those things, and even common things about people. For instance: Usually you get your idea of what kind of day it is by looking at the horizon, because the horizon is your eye level. So what Walt did is to eliminate the horizon."
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"I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge."
David Kay
"I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge."
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"You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff."
Pat Morita
"You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff."
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"I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people, and the distinction is obvious to anyone who thinks about the subject a little."
David Chalmers
"I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people, and the distinction is obvious to anyone who thinks about the subject a little."
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"Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon."
Donnie Wahlberg
"Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon."
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"I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey."
Cloris Leachman
"I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey."
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"The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult."
Tab Hunter
"The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult."
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"I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that."
Persis Khambatta
"I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that."
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"There aren't many people who say that Europe is a territory, or Asia is a territory - it'd be suicide. And there are even more people in America than in Europe. I think it's strange, really. I basically see it as loads of different places."
Sean Booth
"There aren't many people who say that Europe is a territory, or Asia is a territory - it'd be suicide. And there are even more people in America than in Europe. I think it's strange, really. I basically see it as loads of different places."
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