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"People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy."
John Kenneth Galbraith
"People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy."
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"Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people."
Alice Hoffman
"Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people."
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"I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories."
George Carlin
"I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories."
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"I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?"
Chris Isaak
"I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?"
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"All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions."
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"I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms."
Cale Yarborough
"I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms."
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"A people must have dignity and identity."
Andrew Goodman
"A people must have dignity and identity."
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"Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary."
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
"Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary."
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"Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want."
Myrtle Reed
"Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want."
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"I looked like an alien, and in front of the most beautiful people on TV."
Christine Taylor
"I looked like an alien, and in front of the most beautiful people on TV."
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"Only the little people pay taxes."
Leona Helmsley
"Only the little people pay taxes."
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"What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very belatedly, that it seems unwise to think I have any right to be showing people things in hopes that they'll realize them."
Diane Duane
"What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very belatedly, that it seems unwise to think I have any right to be showing people things in hopes that they'll realize them."
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"People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."
Judith Guest
"People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."
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"There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation."
Alice Walker
"There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation."
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"In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded."
Ferdinand Piech
"In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded."
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"I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me."
Sally Struthers
"I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me."
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"I believe people who are looking for a fresh idea and spirit have received Danielson. The conservative Christian press have been quite mean to us, but the mainstream "secular" press has been very, very nice."
Daniel Smith
"I believe people who are looking for a fresh idea and spirit have received Danielson. The conservative Christian press have been quite mean to us, but the mainstream "secular" press has been very, very nice."
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"We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families."
George E. Pataki
"We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families."
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"Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls."
Julia Phillips
"Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls."
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"I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated."
Dian Fossey
"I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated."
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"When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right."
W. Somerset Maugham
"When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right."
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"You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability."
John Shelby Spong
"You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability."
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"There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance."
Walt Whitman
"There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance."
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"Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts."
Jean Vanier
"Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts."
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"Reason gains all people by compelling none."
Aaron Hill
"Reason gains all people by compelling none."
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"I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to."
Alice Walker
"I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to."
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"As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness."
Svetlana Alliluyeva
"As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness."
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"Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises."
Mason Cooley
"Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises."
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"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"
Nick Hornby
"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"
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"The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty."
Brenda Ueland
"The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty."
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"Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one."
Maria W. Chapman
"Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one."
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"I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great."
Stanley Clarke
"I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great."
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"Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do."
Ronald Wright
"Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do."
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"More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people."
Elijah Cummings
"More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people."
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"I got into a fight with Walt Disney: I always pick the wrong people to fight with."
Frank Tashlin
"I got into a fight with Walt Disney: I always pick the wrong people to fight with."
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"But last year there were 540,000 people, roughly, detained coming across the border illegally. Forty-five thousand of them came from countries other than Mexico, demonstrating the fact that Mexico itself now is a pathway into the United States for people all around the world, and we don't know what their intentions are."
John Cornyn
"But last year there were 540,000 people, roughly, detained coming across the border illegally. Forty-five thousand of them came from countries other than Mexico, demonstrating the fact that Mexico itself now is a pathway into the United States for people all around the world, and we don't know what their intentions are."
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"I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take."
James P. Moran
"I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take."
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"Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?"
Jack Kroll
"Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?"
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"The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people."
George Dennison Prentice
"The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people."
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"Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day."
Glenn Quinn
"Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day."
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"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."
Confucius
"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."
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"According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable."
Bobby Bragan
"According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable."
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"I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie."
Dana Delany
"I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie."
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"People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are."
Mae Whitman
"People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are."
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"People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America."
James Inhofe
"People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America."
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"I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the Depression that a way people who don't have to worry about such things never learned to prize it really, I believe."
Shelby Foote
"I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the Depression that a way people who don't have to worry about such things never learned to prize it really, I believe."
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"Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better."
Scott Patterson
"Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better."
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"We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources."
Jane Goodall
"We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources."
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"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible."
Theodore Roethke
"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible."
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"Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise."
Paul O'Neill
"Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise."
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