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"Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people."

"Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people."

J Allard, American Scientist

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"But I think it's more fulfilling to be working with people."

"But I think it's more fulfilling to be working with people."

Jean Stapleton, American Actress

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"A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one."

"A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

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"Wise people say nothing in dangerous times."

"Wise people say nothing in dangerous times."

John Selden, English Statesman

People, Nothing

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"I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player."

"I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

People, First, Jazz, Poor

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"The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability."

"The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability."

Ronnie James Dio, American Musician

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"There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists."

"There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists."

Trey Parker, American Artist

People, Fact, Network, Nothing

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"The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected."

"The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected."

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

People, Majority

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"Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't translate feeling because they're not part of it. That's why it bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It's not. It's feeling."

"Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't translate feeling because they're not part of it. That's why it bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem. It's not. It's feeling."

Bill Evans, American Musician

People, Bugs, Children, Feeling

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"Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people."

"Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people."

Larry Norman, American Musician

People, Blood, Christ, Sky

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"If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer."

"If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer."

Laura Miller, American Politician

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"I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again."

"I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

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"I like entertaining people. I really miss it."

"I like entertaining people. I really miss it."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

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"Always be smarter than the people who hire you."

"Always be smarter than the people who hire you."

Lena Horne, American Actress

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"I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't."

"I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't."

Diane Sawyer, American Journalist

People, Liberal, News

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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."

"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, American Author

People, Magic, Years

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"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."

"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy."

Nora Ephron, American Author

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"Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered."

"Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered."

Bob Barker, American Actor

People, Joy, Nothing, Pets

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"I would point out that the cultural advance of these people has been suppressed in the past and continues to be suppressed in the present by policies designed to keep them in ignorance."

"I would point out that the cultural advance of these people has been suppressed in the past and continues to be suppressed in the present by policies designed to keep them in ignorance."

Hideki Tojo, Japanese Soldier

People, Ignorance, Past, Present

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"Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication."

"Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication."

Karen Black, American Actress

People, Communication

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"The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument."

"The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument."

Max Roach, American Musician

People, Potential

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"The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies."

"The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies."

Fay Weldon, English Novelist

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"President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which."

"President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

People, English, First, President

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"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me."

"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

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"Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?"

"Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?"

Isaac Yeffet, Israeli Security Expert

People, Body, Country, Now

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"People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know."

"People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

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"The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit."

"The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit."

Alfred A. Montapert, American Author

People, Credit, World

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"Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley."

"Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley."

William M. Daley, American Politician

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"If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like."

"If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like."

William Feather, American Author

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"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people."

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people."

Leo Rosten, American Novelist

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"People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards."

"People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards."

Christy Turlington, American Model

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"People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization."

"People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization."

Agnes Repplier, American Writer

People, Civilization, Absurdity

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"I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions."

"I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

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"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."

Olin Miller, American Columnist

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"I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do."

"I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do."

George J. Mitchell, American Politician

People, Limits, Want

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"We're careful not to saturate people."

"We're careful not to saturate people."

David Brenner, American Comedian

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"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."

"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

People, Negative, Positive

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"I hope that as the Senate and the American people learn more about me they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences."

"I hope that as the Senate and the American people learn more about me they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences."

Sonia Sotomayor, American Judge

People, Hope, Senate

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"If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better."

"If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better."

Jonathan Frakes, American Actor

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"Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck."

"Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

People, Luck, Nothing

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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."

"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, Angolan Statesman

People, Confidence, State

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"What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years."

"What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years."

Bobby Rahal, American Athlete

People, Race, Years

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"People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property."

"People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

People, Control, Property, Understanding

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"Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot."

"Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

People, Heart, Right

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"I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity."

"I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity."

Chaim Potok, American Author

People, Creativity, Writers

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"If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't learn."

"If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't learn."

Floyd Abrams, American Lawyer

People, Perception, Doubt, Police

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"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches."

"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches."

Adam Smith, Scottish Economist

People, Enjoyment

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"People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others."

"People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Statesman

People, Freedom, Monuments, Visit

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"I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that."

"I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that."

Lacey Chabert, American Actress

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"President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice."

"President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice."

Michael Crapo, American Politician

People, Choice, President, State

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