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People Quotes


"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."


"Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points."


"You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them."


"Some people might say I need to learn how to relax."


"People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages."


"Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people."


"Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies."


"Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people."


"Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep."


"People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe."


"Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them."


"We're not very accepting of people who act strangely."


"A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations."


"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."


"Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh."


"Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions."


"I think that most people really know if it's a really great album."


"Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does."


"Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes."


"You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things."


"I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in."


"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."


"Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition."


"I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing."


"People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy."
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