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People Quotes


"I think it's wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them."


"Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be."


"Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people."


"The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?"



"If people see me in some sort of niche, then that's fine. As long as it's not The Naked Guy, I don't care."



"All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes."


"A lot people I know - it drives them crazy when they're watching, to see the people with their signs and waving, but there's something that's very inclusive about it."


"Not very many people can draw who are illustrators today."


"I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band."


"So for you people who are filled with fear that I might someday be released: breathe easy, I don't see it happening."


"President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need."



"I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere. There is no way you can react to it sincerely."


"One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them."



"People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them."


"I was instructed by people in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera. We were doing what we were told."


"I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity."


"I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused."


"I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well."


"I have never been able to see myself as fitting into one category, and I have never been able to limit my contact with people to one group of people."


"Many later commented on the fact that large numbers of those engaged in the most senseless acts of destruction were left well alone by cops, indeed people dressed as Black Block members were seen freely making their way across police lines and talking to cops."


"It is by acts and not by ideas that people live."


"When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives."


"It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare."



"The initial organisation, we called ourselves the Network Working Group, consisted of 6 to 10 people. We then quickly grew to 30 people and then to 50 people."


"People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George."



"Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world."



"I like to do little obsessed losers, or people who are in over their head, or people who are trying to figure stuff out, or guys whose girlfriends leave them and they don't quite get it. Guys who just don't quite get it."


"Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people."


"The President today once again took the opportunity to reiterate his old, failed national security strategies and present them to the American people as new, dynamic ideas intended to better protect the American people."


"I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome."


"We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire."


"Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!"



"If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it."


"I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances."
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