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People Quotes
"More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people."
75
"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
75
"I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation."
75
"Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point."
75
"Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure."
75
"I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person."
75
"To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners."
74
"I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on."
74
"The tormenting dilemma of the Middle East is this: either we have one people too many, or one state too few."
74
"Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears."
73
"The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world."
73
"I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention."
73
"The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it."
73
"This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true."
73
"Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame."
72
"I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading."
72
"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness."
72
"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."
71
"Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome."
71
"We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination."
71
"More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago."
71
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
70
"The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it."
70
"In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner."
70
"I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people."
70
"It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person."
69
"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."
69
"I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people."
69
"In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda."
69
"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing."
69
"We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter."
68
"Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge."
68
"I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading."
68
"Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed."
68
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