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People Quotes


"People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent."


"I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors."


"Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people."


"I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo."


"I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it."


"There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying."


"A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image."


"Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough."


"Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do."


"People that haven't seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must be a female folksinger. They don't expect the whole thing."


"Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do."


"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."


"If your audience is young, it'd be youth culture, if your audience is older, it'd be older people, if it were senior citizens, it'd be senior citizen issues. So you try and hit the target audience."


"I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight."


"I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only."


"I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something."


"When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me."


"I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am."


"There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want."


"People have to understand what my game is. It's not all about numbers. There's a bigger picture here. I don't create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens and get rebounds."


"It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark."


"No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win."


"The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're the least remembered people."


"Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives."


"I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world."


"As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?"


"In every place there are 100 people who can say no and only one person who can say yes. You have to get a good piece of material to the right person."


"People want me to do the strangest things. They want me to sign their arms or chests."


"Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow."


"I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk."


"I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head."


"This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are."



"People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me."
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