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"Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."

"Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

People, Man, Will

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"There are no small churches, just small people."

"There are no small churches, just small people."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

People, Churches

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

People, Suffering, Taste

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"Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough."

"Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

People, Dance, Wives

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"We have to withdraw from this undemocratic institution and ensure that these people no longer have any influence on British affairs. We would like to see other European nations do the same thing. I think that will happen."

"We have to withdraw from this undemocratic institution and ensure that these people no longer have any influence on British affairs. We would like to see other European nations do the same thing. I think that will happen."

Steve Blake, American Athlete

People, Influence, Nations, Will

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"We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people."

"We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first."

"Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first."

Richard Jefferson, American Athlete

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"Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human."

"Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

People, Thoughts, Being, May

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"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."

"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

People, Rest, United

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"I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before."

"I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before."

Dean Koontz, American Author

People, Danger, Evil, Now

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"I let the American people down."

"I let the American people down."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author."

"To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

People, Being, Difficulties, Publishing

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"I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it."

"I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

People, Comedy, Sense

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"I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine."

"I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

People, Doubt, Measure, Opinions

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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."

"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people."

"As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people."

Steve Mitchell, American Athlete

People, African, Mistrust, Racism

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"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth."

"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth."

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, Americans, Earth, Learning

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"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth."

"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

People, Earth, Fate, Waiting

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"It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so."

"It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so."

Edwin Armstrong, American Inventor

People, Causes, Ignorance, Trouble

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"The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised."

"The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised."

Victor Hugo, French Author

People, Duty, Rights

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"People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."

"People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

People, Character, Courage, Rest

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"Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock."

"Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock."

Kurt Tucholsky, German Journalist

People, Freedom

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"I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the private sector people, but I didn't think a CIA person should do it."

"I had no concerns - I had no reason to have concerns based on what was available to me about North's contacts with the private sector people, but I didn't think a CIA person should do it."

Robert M. Gates, American Politician

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"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

Adrien Brody, American Actor

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"Most people are nice and just want to have a chat."

"Most people are nice and just want to have a chat."

Ben Nicholas, Australian Actor

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"My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine."

"My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

13

"The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything."

"The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters."

"I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters."

John Cazale, American Actor

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"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

People, Feeling

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"Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children."

"Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

People, Children, Earth, Parents

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"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late."

"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late."

Ovid, Roman Poet

13

"I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people."

"I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people."

Cecil Taylor, American Musician

13

"If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it."

"If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it."

Jason Priestley, Canadian Actor

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"People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect."

"People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

People, Nothing

13

"Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks."

"Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

People, Fiction

13

"We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances."

"We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances."

Rachel Corrie, American Activist

People, Circumstances

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"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over."

"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."

"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

People, Beliefs, May, Myths

13

"We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm."

"We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm."

Marianne Williamson, American Author

People, Ireland, May, Sun

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"Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done."

"Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done."

Russell Means, American Activist

People, Athletes, Heroes

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"If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves."

"If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote."

"Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote."

Steven G. Calabresi, American Law Professor

People, April, Day, Tax

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"My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments."

"My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments."

Joel Kotkin, American Author

People, Hope, Lies, Monuments

13

"What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name."

"What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name."

Doug McClure, American Actor

13

"It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others."

"It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

People, America, Being, Hate

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"No one gossips about other people's secret virtues."

"No one gossips about other people's secret virtues."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured."

"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

People, Disease, Loneliness, Today

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"Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio."

"Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio."

Frank Stallone, American Actor

People, Animals

13

"No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot."

"No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be... it's a crapshoot."

Orel Hershiser, American Athlete

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