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People Quotes


"I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that."


"Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't."


"People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong."


"One of the attractive things about being in Scotland is that we have a very good pipeline of new people coming into the company from the excellent universities around us."


"Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement."


"I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them."


"I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color."


"There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for the worst, but we're hoping for the best. And I've told people the end is in sight."


"We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable."


"We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people."


"Of course I'm sure half the people there hate me and half the people like me."


"Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else."


"What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are."


"So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense."


"You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth."


"I've never heard of any president being so close to his people."


"You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman."


"There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em."


"I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from."


"Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions."


"I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people."


"I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances."


"I am a conservative type of person, so sometimes when I'm chilling with myself, people always come ask me, 'What's wrong with you? What are you wondering about?'"


"When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans."


"I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It's only fair that I always try to give them the very best that's in me. After all, I need them more than they need me."


"I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories."


"If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people."


"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred."


"People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes."


"You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames."


"When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional."


"People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways."


"I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people holding back because they've been trained with certain skills or techniques. I'm like, whatever."
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