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"It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops."
Evan Hunter
"It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops."
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"People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away."
Bernie Ecclestone
"People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away."
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"It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well."
Wayne Coyne
"It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well."
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"Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy."
Bill O'Reilly
"Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy."
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"I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong."
John Osborne
"I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong."
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"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever."
Kathy Acker
"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever."
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"Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people."
David Korten
"Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people."
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"I'm not sure people are ever completely comfortable telling pollsters what they do and don't think."
Diane Sawyer
"I'm not sure people are ever completely comfortable telling pollsters what they do and don't think."
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"How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics."
Olga Korbut
"How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics."
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"It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on."
David Leslie
"It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on."
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"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."
Oliver Goldsmith
"People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."
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"What you know about the people whom you know at all well is truly amazing, even though you have never formulated it."
Harry Stack Sullivan
"What you know about the people whom you know at all well is truly amazing, even though you have never formulated it."
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"I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities."
Andrew Sullivan
"I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities."
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"I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs."
Dave Davies
"I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs."
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"I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation."
David Baker
"I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation."
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"Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being."
David Blunkett
"Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being."
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"There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart."
Michael Shanks
"There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart."
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"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down."
Jimmy Durante
"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down."
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"The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America and bring what they know and what they play, that's how the sport will grow."
Claudio Reyna
"The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America and bring what they know and what they play, that's how the sport will grow."
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"We're improvising a lot of this, which amazes people."
Tom Bergeron
"We're improvising a lot of this, which amazes people."
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"People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget."
Ted Stevens
"People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget."
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"I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there."
Eric Clapton
"I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there."
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"People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy."
Stephen Rea
"People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy."
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"Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But let's not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous resources and talented people, and there is a certain pride that comes along with that for them and for us."
John W. Thompson
"Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But let's not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous resources and talented people, and there is a certain pride that comes along with that for them and for us."
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"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
Alex Borstein
"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
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"So what I'm trying to say is from a musical aspect for anybody to say that whatever they're doing in Florida is not Hip Hop or whatever they're doing in LA is not Hip Hop, who are these people to say that?"
Grandmaster Flash
"So what I'm trying to say is from a musical aspect for anybody to say that whatever they're doing in Florida is not Hip Hop or whatever they're doing in LA is not Hip Hop, who are these people to say that?"
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"Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy."
Julia Ward Howe
"Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy."
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"To be happy, to make other people happy, to get into movie production more and probably to give some other people the chances that I had, to carry on enjoying being a mum and never to stop having flowers bought for me. I've still got a long way to go."
Sharon Stone
"To be happy, to make other people happy, to get into movie production more and probably to give some other people the chances that I had, to carry on enjoying being a mum and never to stop having flowers bought for me. I've still got a long way to go."
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"I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course."
Stacy Keach
"I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course."
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"People never notice anything."
J. D. Salinger
"People never notice anything."
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"I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, "What?""
Lisa Marie Presley
"I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, "What?""
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"You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against."
Hayden Fry
"You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against."
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"Let me announce this to the American people tonight one of the best things about this debate, as a Democrat from Massachusetts, I have proposed eliminating, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax."
Richard Neal
"Let me announce this to the American people tonight one of the best things about this debate, as a Democrat from Massachusetts, I have proposed eliminating, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax."
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"Surround yourself with people who believe in you."
Brian Koslow
"Surround yourself with people who believe in you."
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"I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground."
Joe Morton
"I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground."
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"People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that."
Jonathan Frid
"People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that."
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"The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from."
Susan Estrich
"The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from."
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"It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state."
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
"It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state."
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"I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them."
Lucian Freud
"I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them."
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"When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available."
Tina Yothers
"When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available."
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"But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas."
Ryan Phillippe
"But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas."
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"An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain?"
Dee Hock
"An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain?"
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"You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals? What is their code of living. What are they really doing here. And it is just interesting because it is never black or white."
Matt Robinson
"You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals? What is their code of living. What are they really doing here. And it is just interesting because it is never black or white."
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"The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise."
Paul Prudhomme
"The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise."
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"I don't care what people's myths are about me."
Kelly Lynch
"I don't care what people's myths are about me."
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"People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane."
Steve Largent
"People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane."
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"We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest."
David Neeleman
"We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest."
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"I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff."
Liz Phair
"I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff."
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"If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover."
Spalding Gray
"If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover."
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"When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to."
Bootsy Collins
"When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to."
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