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"We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican."
Kate Clinton
"We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican."
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"Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people."
Jean O'Leary
"Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people."
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"I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them."
Diane Wakoski
"I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them."
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"Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?"
Mitchell Reiss
"Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?"
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"Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission."
Andrew Jackson
"Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission."
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"One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent."
Meir Kahane
"One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent."
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"Most people see through these issues but the corporate media doesn't reflect these sentiments."
John Hall
"Most people see through these issues but the corporate media doesn't reflect these sentiments."
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"Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts."
Robert Smith
"Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts."
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"I was not someone who participated in other people's castles."
Stephan Jenkins
"I was not someone who participated in other people's castles."
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"You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring."
Robert Reich
"You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring."
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"People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk."
Gary Oldman
"People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk."
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"Influenza is a serious disease. Kids die of influenza, both in Japan and the United States, and if you give a drug to people who are at risk of dying, there will be people who die who got the drug,... There is no signal the drug is doing it as opposed to the disease."
Robert Nelson
"Influenza is a serious disease. Kids die of influenza, both in Japan and the United States, and if you give a drug to people who are at risk of dying, there will be people who die who got the drug,... There is no signal the drug is doing it as opposed to the disease."
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"Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real."
Colin Firth
"Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real."
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"I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun."
Ashlee Simpson
"I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun."
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"People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it."
Mark Goddard
"People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it."
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"The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live."
Lewis Mumford
"The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live."
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"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
Chanakya
"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
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"You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening and stuff like that lets it down. I feel sad for them."
Robbie Williams
"You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening and stuff like that lets it down. I feel sad for them."
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"When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable."
Meg Whitman
"When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable."
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"The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are."
Goldie Hawn
"The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are."
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"At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy."
Bill Bruford
"At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy."
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"But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere."
Charles Schumer
"But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere."
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"There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing."
Greg LeMond
"There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing."
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"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
Alphonse Karr
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
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"When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it."
Allen Klein
"When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it."
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"I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it."
Charles Schumer
"I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it."
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"Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare."
William Greider
"Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare."
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"They didn't sell, people just weren't used to the idea of living in apartments."
Harry Seidler
"They didn't sell, people just weren't used to the idea of living in apartments."
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"Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality."
Edward Albee
"Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality."
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"People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back."
Bruce Hornsby
"People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back."
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"I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig."
Richard Fleeshman
"I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig."
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"People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing."
Tom Scholz
"People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing."
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"Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight."
Johnny Cash
"Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight."
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"Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words."
Thurston Moore
"Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words."
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"I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born."
Hugo Pratt
"I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born."
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"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known."
Pete Seeger
"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known."
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"Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process."
Anatoly Chubais
"Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process."
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"I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had a moment of understanding of how people who drive gas cars feel."
Alexandra Paul
"I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had a moment of understanding of how people who drive gas cars feel."
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"So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations."
Adam Schiff
"So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations."
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"They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon."
Bobby Sands
"They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon."
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"I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever."
Peter Krause
"I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever."
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"I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400."
Ted Williams
"I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400."
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"From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British."
Mordechai Vanunu
"From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British."
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"The Iranian regime doesn't express the wishes and values of the Iranian people."
Moshe Katsav
"The Iranian regime doesn't express the wishes and values of the Iranian people."
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"We actually have a real community of people doing useful things."
Mitchell Baker
"We actually have a real community of people doing useful things."
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"If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy."
Marquis de Lafayette
"If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy."
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"I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong."
Chris Bell
"I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong."
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"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."
Morgan Freeman
"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."
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"Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of."
Matthew Modine
"Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of."
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"In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves."
John Lothrop Motley
"In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves."
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