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People Quotes


"People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified."


"We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago."


"The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others."


"In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves."


"And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people."



"Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special."


"People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most."


"Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them."


"There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision."


"I think I can speak for all four of us on the show here. We all consider ourselves to be feminists and we get very upset when people don't think we are. We're like, where did this come from? Of course we are."


"People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band."


"Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act."


"There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about."


"I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies."


"There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff."


"And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard."


"When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today."


"Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart."


"It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements."



"There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up."


"There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people."


"From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour."


"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little."


"The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit."


"I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching."


"People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people."


"The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice."
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