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"The more things you own, the more people you need to employ."

"The more things you own, the more people you need to employ."

Billie Piper, British Actress

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"There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator."

"There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

People, Fashion, Gay

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"To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together."

"To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

People, Ability, Right

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"People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another."

"People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

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"There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence."

"There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

People, Crime, Violence

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"If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers."

"If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

People, Control, Decision, Information

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"People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on."

"People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

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"There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production."

"There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production."

Susan George, American Activist

People, Production

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"People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?"

"People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?"

Ric Ocasek, American Musician

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"I felt that there were so many people doing it that I would just be like one of the others."

"I felt that there were so many people doing it that I would just be like one of the others."

Kelli White, American Athlete

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"People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company."

"People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company."

Jeremy Collier, English Clergyman

People, Company, Nothing

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"I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep."

"I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

People, Careers, Respect, Sleep

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"For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete."

"For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete."

Paul Graham, American Scientist

People, Corporate

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"Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records."

"Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

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"People's opinions don't interfere with me."

"People's opinions don't interfere with me."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

People, Opinions

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"There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own."

"There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

People, Acting, Eye, Jobs

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"I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked."

"I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

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"I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person."

"I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person."

Aaliyah, American Musician

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"I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though."

"I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

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"There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions."

"There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

People, Decisions

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"I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things."

"I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

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"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom."

"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom."

Milton Friedman, American Economist

People, Freedom

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"All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal."

"All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

People, Action, Character, Grace

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"The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right."

"The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

People, Party, Republican, Right

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"If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign."

"If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign."

Graham Nelson, English Mathematician

People, Being, Crisis, Houses

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"It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual."

"It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

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"One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space."

"One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space."

Leroy Chiao, American Astronaut

People, Day, Space, Visit

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"Because I'm not trying to throw people any curves."

"Because I'm not trying to throw people any curves."

Christy Romano, American Actress

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"I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where we are and what people are thinking."

"I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where we are and what people are thinking."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

People, Company, Information, Pretty

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"Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations."

"Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations."

Gustav Heinemann, German Politician

People, Expectations, Ladies, Gentlemen

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"I asked my friend Greg Andersson to introduce me to people that can distribute my album."

"I asked my friend Greg Andersson to introduce me to people that can distribute my album."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

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"I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see."

"I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

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"Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity."

"Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

People, Expectations, Integrity

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"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."

"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

People, Body, Difference, Facts

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"If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it."

"If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

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"Walt gave me a VIP tour of the studio. I remember people doing voices."

"Walt gave me a VIP tour of the studio. I remember people doing voices."

Paul Winchell, American Entertainer

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"I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that."

"I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

People, Act, Books, France

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"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution."

"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

People, Difference, Solution

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"PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV."

"PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

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"Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh."

"Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

People, Comedy, Tragedy, Training

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"We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people."

"We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people."

Sherrod Brown, American Politician

People, Building, Iraq, Security

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"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."

"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity."

"The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity."

Amy Grant, American Musician

People, Integrity

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"I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important."

"I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

People, Being, Mind, Want

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"People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world."

"People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

People, Problems, Sound, Want

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"I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody."

"I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody."

Warren Christopher, American Statesman

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"Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people."

"Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

People, Fun, Now, Old

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"The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings."

"The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

People, End, Months

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"So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl."

"So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

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"Anyone who thinks that people can be fooled or pushed around has an inaccurate and pretty low estimate of people - and he won't do very well in advertising."

"Anyone who thinks that people can be fooled or pushed around has an inaccurate and pretty low estimate of people - and he won't do very well in advertising."

Leo Burnett, American Businessman

People, Advertising, Pretty

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