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"Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people."
Richard Perle
"Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people."
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"Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so."
Hans Blix
"Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so."
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"People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing."
Kay Bailey Hutchison
"People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing."
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"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free.""
Linus Torvalds
"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free.""
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"We started the company out of frustration with the employer that we had because we were building great stuff and there was no way that this stuff was ever going to get into the hands of the people who could use it."
John Warnock
"We started the company out of frustration with the employer that we had because we were building great stuff and there was no way that this stuff was ever going to get into the hands of the people who could use it."
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"A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick."
Mary Wilson Little
"A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick."
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"Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead."
Tim Reid
"Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead."
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"I have a little name. That's why people can remember it."
Mike Watt
"I have a little name. That's why people can remember it."
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"I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye."
Mark Warner
"I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye."
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"To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh-well, it's the best job in the world."
Ronnie Barker
"To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh-well, it's the best job in the world."
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"It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America."
Paul Bettany
"It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America."
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"I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear."
David Copperfield
"I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear."
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"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues."
Elizabeth Gaskell
"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues."
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"Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know."
Kathy Acker
"Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know."
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"Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people."
Louis Farrakhan
"Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people."
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"I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good."
Hal Price
"I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good."
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"There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations."
Charles E. Wilson
"There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations."
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"To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel."
David Alan Grier
"To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel."
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"His unit is in charge of 5,000 homes, and they've only been able to search about 2 percent of them. People are standing on roofs or sticking their hands out of air vents so they can get rescued."
Allen Johnson
"His unit is in charge of 5,000 homes, and they've only been able to search about 2 percent of them. People are standing on roofs or sticking their hands out of air vents so they can get rescued."
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"They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece."
Katie Couric
"They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece."
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"I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think."
Naveen Andrews
"I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think."
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"People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!"
Gloria Gaynor
"People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!"
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"It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness."
Paul Strand
"It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness."
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"Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying."
Bobby Jones
"Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying."
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"The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people."
Henry James Sumner Maine
"The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people."
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"I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus."
Julie Taymor
"I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus."
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"I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool."
Bill Kurtis
"I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool."
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"It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while."
Rose McGowan
"It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while."
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"Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable."
Mathieu Kassovitz
"Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable."
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"I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?"
John Belushi
"I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?"
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"This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are."
Jane Elliott
"This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are."
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"It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them."
Henry James
"It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them."
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"People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed."
Mary Wortley Montagu
"People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed."
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"Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for."
Mary Bono
"Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for."
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"People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade."
David Gower
"People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade."
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"We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of."
Gerhard Schroeder
"We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of."
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"Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going."
Austan Goolsbee
"Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going."
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"It is said by the rebels at Roxbury that Col. Watson has given his quota to support the people."
Peter Oliver
"It is said by the rebels at Roxbury that Col. Watson has given his quota to support the people."
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"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
Alphonse Karr
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
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"Some people come in and really freak. There's movement everywhere, even a dancing housekeeper!"
Tom Bergeron
"Some people come in and really freak. There's movement everywhere, even a dancing housekeeper!"
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"Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone."
Arthur Scargill
"Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone."
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"People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense."
Tracy Kidder
"People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense."
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"Labels are for cans, not people."
Anthony Rapp
"Labels are for cans, not people."
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"The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes."
Brian Moore
"The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes."
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"It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent."
Mike Pence
"It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent."
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"I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background."
Jim Valvano
"I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background."
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"If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in the world who don't have enough to eat."
Lloyd Kaufman
"If someone offered me a hundred million dollars to make a movie? I would first remind him that there are 850 million people in the world who don't have enough to eat."
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"Our world and our state have been transformed, but, in contrast, we as people have not been."
Ruth Ann Minner
"Our world and our state have been transformed, but, in contrast, we as people have not been."
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"We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this."
Kay Bailey Hutchison
"We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this."
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"I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others."
Jennifer Jason Leigh
"I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others."
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