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People Quotes


"I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself."


"And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons."


"I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them."


"I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs which show that the people are still in great difficulties, and there are things that still need to be remedied and looked after in many areas."


"The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world."


"Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse."


"This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people."


"I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me."


"I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me."


"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."


"Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears."


"Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice."


"A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems."


"There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them."


"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."


"The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us."


"Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."


"Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure."


"I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are."


"When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't threatening. It was very sweet and delicate."


"Some people have active imaginations, but they don't know me and they're wrong if they think they do."


"I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country."


"We are a people who can bring about miracles if united."


"The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle."


"I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that."


"Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X."


"I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people."


"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."



"The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight."


"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things."


"Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point."


"The tormenting dilemma of the Middle East is this: either we have one people too many, or one state too few."


"I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support."
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