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People Quotes


"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.'"


"We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals."


"I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability."


"We know that 10 million more people will lose insurance in the next 10 years if we don't act."


"It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors."


"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so."


"Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end."


"The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people."


"People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz."


"Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures."


"People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude."


"Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it."


"I'm the guy, I'm kind of like the, uh, Everyman, so I think people just relate to that."


"There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people."


"And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about."


"The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans."


"Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people were treated the same, most average race differences would not disappear."


"People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf."


"People gave us everything for free. We were allowed only so much film per picture, but there was no limit to the creativity. I like to say that they let us loose like wild dogs in the streets of Paris."


"My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money!"


"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."


"You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't feel as lieutenant governor."


"If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat."


"I think that you may find that Tamera's a little more vibrant and energetic, but I'm much more likely to go up to a person and say, "Hi, I'm Tia, nice to meet you." Whereas Tamera is like... well... she's a little shy. She's down to earth. I'm more extroverted and she's more introverted when meeting people."


"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then?"


"The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song."


"Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing."


"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think."


"It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into."


"I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind."


"I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying."


"It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake."


"Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness."
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