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"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."


"We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely."


"We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule."


"In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner."


"It is an exaggeration to call the Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcement a military alliance. It is rather a message that our people are united in the face of Israeli aggression."


"Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories."


"There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness."


"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."


"In all cases our stance will be determined by what serves the interests of the Palestinian people."


"I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in."


"I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs."


"For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me."


"I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people."


"We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States."


"Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition."


"I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see."


"When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs amputated, and that's where we found them and asked them to come and be part of the film."


"As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people."


"I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way."


"The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people."


"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."


"Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying."


"In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of."


"I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more."


"To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners."


"Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins."


"I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen."


"People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born."


"The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it."


"You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom."


"It makes you realise that people are the same wherever you go."


"The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves."


"I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing."


"So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush."


"I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading."
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