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People Quotes


"Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep."


"This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool."


"And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject."


"I use a pseudonym, because my real name is very difficult to pronounce, to remember, and to spell. And many people who have been talking about me on television have yet to pronounce it correctly."


"I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories."



"I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys."


"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."


"When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring."


"When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy."


"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known."



"As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care."


"Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner."


"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue."


"I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you."


"You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to."


"Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor."


"I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated."



"I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad."


"There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean."



"We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential."


"Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed."


"People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves."


"People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried."



"It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing."


"Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me."


"If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing."


"People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue."


"I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child."


"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."


"We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other."



"In addition to joblessness, of course, by the working of supply and demand, when you have a larger number of people unemployed, wages do not rise at the normal level, so that we had last year a drop in real wages."


"Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House."
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