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People Quotes


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


"People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."


"The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome."


"You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much."


"But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people."


"My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this."


"We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world."


"Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it."


"It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding."


"Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen."



"This kind of charge reveals a good deal about the personality of the people who make it; to impute such motives to another man is to imply you're harboring them yourself."


"We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too."


"I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country."


"People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property."


"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."


"Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions."


"It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do."


"Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it."


"I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out."


"Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached."


"The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference."


"First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas."


"Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous."


"The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can't give them that but let's always keep it in mind."


"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."


"Management is nothing more than motivating other people."


"I'm very uncomfortable with my body, and I'm not interested in people seeing it on screen."


"I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people."


"With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people."


"I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive."


"People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around."


"One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express."


"It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest."
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