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"If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it."

"If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

People, Career, Fact, School

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"We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here."

"We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here."

Tom Hopkins, American Businessman

People, Being, Flies, Will

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"People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler."

"People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler."

Mike Farrell, American Actor

People, Conversation, Difference, Water

26

"The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century."

"The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century."

Al Gore, American Vice President

People, Heart, First, Now

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"There are a lot of people who like to think they don't have prejudices and that they're open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves, oftentimes against people of our own race or our own gender or whatever."

"There are a lot of people who like to think they don't have prejudices and that they're open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves, oftentimes against people of our own race or our own gender or whatever."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

People, Gender, Open, Race

26

"I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it."

"I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

26

"Did I put them in contact with the people to acquire them? Yes. Did I educate them on how to use them properly, and what way, shape, or form, and when, and with what supplements? Yes. Absolutely."

"Did I put them in contact with the people to acquire them? Yes. Did I educate them on how to use them properly, and what way, shape, or form, and when, and with what supplements? Yes. Absolutely."

Jose Canseco, Cuban Athlete

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"People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors."

"People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors."

John Betjeman, English Poet

People, Gardens, Houses, Public

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"I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information."

"I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information."

Peter Arnett, New Zealander Journalist

People, Beginning, Cooperation, Courtesy

26

"Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions."

"Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions."

Michael Musto, American Writer

26

"People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh."

"People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh."

Lorne Michaels, Canadian Producer

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"The people who voted for President Obama are just beginning to wake up to exactly what they brought in. The 'change' they envisioned is not the 'change' they have gotten."

"The people who voted for President Obama are just beginning to wake up to exactly what they brought in. The 'change' they envisioned is not the 'change' they have gotten."

Jon Voight, American Actor

People, Beginning, President

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"But staying awake is not real exciting for people to watch."

"But staying awake is not real exciting for people to watch."

Randy Gardner, American Figure Skater

26

"I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions."

"I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

People, Collaboration, Garden, Gardens

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"Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation."

"Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation."

Margaret Chase Smith, American Politician

People, Dedication, Job, Nation

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"The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice."

"The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

People, Advice, Liberal

26

"Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record."

"Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

26

"A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising."

"A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising."

Melanie Chisholm, English Musician

26

"As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it."

"As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it."

Amy Adams, American Actress

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"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."

"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."

Mark Van Doren, American Poet

People, Feelings, Job, Loss

26

"Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them."

"Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them."

Charles E. Wilson, American Businessman

People, Ability, Canada, Spirit

26

"We're very needy people, you know."

"We're very needy people, you know."

Alex Van Halen, American Musician

26

"I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity."

"I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity."

Doc Watson, American Musician

People, Celebrity

26

"But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice."

"But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice."

Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer

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"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."

"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

People, Countries, Importance

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"I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit."

"I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit."

Wallace Shawn, American Actor

People, Humanity, Mothers, World

26

"I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do."

"I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

26

"And so there are so many good things going on all across Iraq and unfortunately that's not what the American people see on TV or they don't read a lot about it in the newspapers."

"And so there are so many good things going on all across Iraq and unfortunately that's not what the American people see on TV or they don't read a lot about it in the newspapers."

Donald Evans, American Public Servant

People, Iraq, Newspapers

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"Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day."

"Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day."

J. D. Hayworth, American Politician

People, Character, Day, Eye

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"I hope more people decide to become organ donors."

"I hope more people decide to become organ donors."

Donna Reed, American Actress

26

"We use the people who are in the bullpen producing."

"We use the people who are in the bullpen producing."

Bill Evans, American Musician

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"It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people."

"It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

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"People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country."

"People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country."

Steve Largent, American Athlete

People, Country

26

"The people of our state will no longer tolerate advocates of treason."

"The people of our state will no longer tolerate advocates of treason."

George Smathers, American Politician

People, State, Treason, Will

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"People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting."

"People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

People, Importance

26

"Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that."

"Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that."

Gregory Corso, American Poet

People, Name, Now, Today

26

"Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts."

"Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts."

Katie Couric, American Journalist

26

"Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emotional and get lost in it as you're feeding on people's energy."

"Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emotional and get lost in it as you're feeding on people's energy."

Fred Durst, American Musician

People, Being, Energy

26

"Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start."

"Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start."

Tim Johnson, American Politician

People, Commitment, Country, Giving

26

"St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church."

"St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church."

John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

People, Christian, Church, Day

26

"Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good."

"Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good."

Lawrence Halprin, American Architect

People, Benefits, Pain

26

"I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry."

"I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry."

Loretta Sanchez, American Politician

People, Bigotry, Prejudice, Support

26

"Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people."

"Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people."

Bill Moyers, American Journalist

People, Ethics, Strangers

26

"The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset."

"The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

People, Ideas, Order, Will

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"I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on."

"I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on."

Haley Joel Osment, American Actor

People, Fear, Spiders

25

"I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures."

"I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures."

David Lean, British Director

25

"It's claustrophobic, and I think it is to do with the amount that we're exposing people to one particular point."

"It's claustrophobic, and I think it is to do with the amount that we're exposing people to one particular point."

Sean Booth, English Musician

25

"It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better."

"It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better."

Marya Mannes, American Journalist

People, Communication

25

"The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations."

"The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations."

John M. Ford, American Writer

People, Expectations

25

"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes."

"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes."

Jane Asher, British Actress

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