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People Quotes


"A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way."


"Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people."


"If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble."


"Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person."


"I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet."


"I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty other people are doing something dynamically. I like the charge that is set up by a lot of people doing something."



"I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me."


"Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss."


"New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper."


"If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them."


"If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more."


"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed."


"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials."


"Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves."


"People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools."


"Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!"


"The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort."


"Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people."


"Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people."


"It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country around the world can devalue its way to prosperity, to be competitive. It is not a viable, feasible strategy, and we will not engage in it."


"Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist."


"Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us."


"The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased."


"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."


"I can't stand being around anal people, especially anal people with big egos."


"I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. You don't actually consummate it, but you get to pretend, imagine what it would be like."


"What's much harder is taking on people in your own community."


"You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not."


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


"I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz."


"It occured to me the other day that I've made out with more people on camera than I have in real life!"



"Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy."


"Advertising says to people, 'Here's what we've got. Here's what it will do for you. Here's how to get it.'"
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