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People Quotes


"Good gossip is just what's going on. Bad gossip is stuff that is salacious, mean, and bitchy; the kind most people really enjoy."


"I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that."


"People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me."


"I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first."


"We created a brand for ourselves, so that now people can't get mad at what we do, because then they're just making of themselves."


"We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody."


"After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation."


"I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world."


"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."


"The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them."


"Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians."


"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be."


"Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss."


"Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway."


"What I do in my book is let people know about these programs."


"You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves."


"I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway."


"See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?"


"If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air."


"The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream."


"From its earliest days, stem cell research has been important to the people of Wisconsin."


"One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people."


"I was trying to figure out what to do next, I'd been accumulating ideas for productivity tools - software people could use every day, particularly to help organize their lives."


"When you see people suffering and dying and hungry, this job gives you the ability to do something about it."


"Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York."


"At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute."


"That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts."


"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."


"Sometimes people who get wealthy when they are very, very young, it's a curse to them. They don't realize it."


"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."


"Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings."


"I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight."


"The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends."


"The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not buying cars. I don't care whether they're or American cars, or international cars."
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