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"The films that I do tend to polarise people's views."

"The films that I do tend to polarise people's views."

Alan Parker, British Director

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"I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ."

"I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ."

Kate Clinton, American Comedian

People, Feeling, Mind, Want

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"In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it."

"In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

People, Blood, Law, Old

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"Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish."

"Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

People, Language, Talk

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"To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship."

"To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship."

Robert Byrd, American Politician

People, Duty, Extreme

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"Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame."

"Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

People, Parents

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"I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals."

"I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

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"I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world."

"I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

15

"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine."

"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine."

Ray Charles, American Musician

People, Poverty

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"My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly."

"My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly."

Liz Phair, American Musician

People, Identity, Production, Style

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"People are people. All that celebrity tagging doesn't bother me at all."

"People are people. All that celebrity tagging doesn't bother me at all."

Katie Price, english Model

People, Celebrity

15

"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."

"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."

Rick Wakeman, British Musician

15

"When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves."

"When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves."

Ed Smith, American Politician

People, Growing up, Washington

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"The way the credit cards were made in the '80s to be a people's form of capitalism and be able to make it so that you could get a loan that you would have been denied previous, now that's the way stocks are."

"The way the credit cards were made in the '80s to be a people's form of capitalism and be able to make it so that you could get a loan that you would have been denied previous, now that's the way stocks are."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

People, Capitalism, Cards, Credit

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"It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me."

"It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

15

"Mentally and physically, I find I can play with these people."

"Mentally and physically, I find I can play with these people."

Chico Hamilton, American Musician

15

"Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to."

"Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to."

Paul Pierce, American Athlete

People, Comparisons, Now, Past

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"When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous."

"When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

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"If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now."

"If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now."

Allen Iverson, American Athlete

People, Night, Now, Right

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"The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively."

"The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively."

Chris Christie, American Politician

People, Act, End, Talk

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"Words do not pay for my dead people."

"Words do not pay for my dead people."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

15

"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me."

"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

People, Horses, Passion

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"People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking."

"People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking."

Richard Stallman, American Scientist

People, Church, Sin

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"As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person."

"As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

People, Curiosity

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"So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?"

"So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?"

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

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"Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for."

"Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for."

Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

People, Meaning, Today

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"People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations."

"People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations."

Barbara Deming, American Author

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"You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character."

"You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

People, Character, Strength, Consciousness

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"It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about."

"It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

People, Positive, Years

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"Hitler had this deal where he was supposed to make it rough on them so they would all get out and migrate to Israel because they needed people there to fight the Arabs."

"Hitler had this deal where he was supposed to make it rough on them so they would all get out and migrate to Israel because they needed people there to fight the Arabs."

Hutton Gibson, American Writer

People, Fight, Israel

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"Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not be certain whether some of these symptoms were the result of radiation or nervous shock."

"Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not be certain whether some of these symptoms were the result of radiation or nervous shock."

John Hersey, American Writer

People, Doctors, Result, Right

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"A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them."

"A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

People, Want, Water

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"Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with."

"Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

People, Successful, Friend

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"I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway."

"I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

People, Majority, President

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"Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact."

"Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

People, Fact, Mind, Shakespeare

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"It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them."

"It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them."

Thomas Bulfinch, American Writer

People, Favorite, Purity

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"I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that."

"I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that."

Sean Booth, English Musician

15

"Bobby and I went through some old questionnaires about customer requirements for languages, then we compiled a new one and sent it out to a few dozen people we knew."

"Bobby and I went through some old questionnaires about customer requirements for languages, then we compiled a new one and sent it out to a few dozen people we knew."

James Frank, American Physicist

People, Customer, Old

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"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television."

"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

People, Children, Television

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"Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people."

"Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people."

Chuck Zito, American Celebrity

15

"People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that."

"People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

People, Law, Theater

15

"I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me."

"I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me."

Phil Collins, English Musician

People, Successful, Hate

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"Never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than they are today."

"Never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than they are today."

Marco Rubio, American Politician

People, Class, Media

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"People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable."

"People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable."

Damon Hill, British Athlete

15

"As long as you hate, there will be people to hate."

"As long as you hate, there will be people to hate."

George Harrison, British Musician

People, Hate, Will

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"You're torn between wanting to fill in all the spaces and knowing that's really going to screw up the screenplay. And yet, how are you going to communicate it to people who really don't understand the process?"

"You're torn between wanting to fill in all the spaces and knowing that's really going to screw up the screenplay. And yet, how are you going to communicate it to people who really don't understand the process?"

Robert Towne, American Actor

15

"Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability."

"Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

People, Influence, State, Unemployment

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"You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive."

"You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive."

Benicio Del Toro, American Actor

People, Deserted, Fish

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"In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable."

"In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

People, Mission, Problems

15

"Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things."

"Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things."

Jeremy Spencer, British Musician

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