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"My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation."

"My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation."

Pam Grier, American Actress

14

"People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons."

"People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

14

"It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did."

"It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

People, Control, Adventure, Now

14

"Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people."

"Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people."

Simon Cowell, British Entertainer

14

"For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications."

"For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications."

Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerian Statesman

People, Poverty

14

"The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem."

"The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

People, Effort, May, Painting

14

"Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress."

"Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress."

Donna Brazile, American Politician

People, Community, Help

14

"I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile."

"I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile."

Ray Conniff, American Musician

People, Dancing, Drinks, Fun

14

"There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying still in the morning and writing down whatever comes to mind."

"There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying still in the morning and writing down whatever comes to mind."

Henry Reed, English Writer

People, Dream, Effort, Lying

14

"With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible."

"With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American Politician

People, Opportunity, Land, News

14

"My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club."

"My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

People, College, Country, First

14

"One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always secretes too much jelly."

"One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always secretes too much jelly."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

People, Quotations

14

"I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative."

"I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

People, May, Variety, Want

14

"When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see."

"When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see."

Pharrell Williams, American Musician

People, Dancing

14

"But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me."

"But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

14

"I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive."

"I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive."

Nora Ephron, American Author

People, Difficulty

14

"Some people walk into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts. Others walk into our lives and we want to leave footprints on their face!"

"Some people walk into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts. Others walk into our lives and we want to leave footprints on their face!"

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

People, Love, Hate, Memory

14

"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."

"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."

Susan George, American Activist

People, Countries, First, Habits

14

"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off."

"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off."

Roger McGough, British Poet

14

"Everybody that's living in this earth is living in a situation. It's not narrow-minded to the point where everybody is serious and nobody has a personality. I think people die telling jokes."

"Everybody that's living in this earth is living in a situation. It's not narrow-minded to the point where everybody is serious and nobody has a personality. I think people die telling jokes."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

People, Earth, Jokes, Living

14

"Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have."

"Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

People, Ideas, Financial, Performance

14

"We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting."

"We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

People, Network, World

14

"We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers."

"We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

People, Americans, Country

14

"Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do."

"Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

14

"If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band."

"If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band."

Nikki Sixx, American Musician

14

"It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory."

"It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory."

Kenneth Branagh, Irish Actor

14

"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."

"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."

George Carlin, American Comedian

People, Authority

14

"A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists."

"A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists."

Gustav Stresemann, German Politician

14

"People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs."

"People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs."

Abdolkarim Soroush, Iranian Philosopher

People, Concern, First, Meeting

14

"When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that."

"When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that."

Anne Heche, American Actress

14

"What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement."

"What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement."

Edward Albee, American Dramatist

People, Fantasy, Reality, Theater

14

"HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country."

"HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country."

Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

People, Country, Decency, Income

14

"There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed."

"There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

People, Persecution

14

"People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol."

"People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol."

John Mahoney, English Actor

People, America, Reason, Symbol

14

"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more."

"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more."

Woody Allen, American Director

People, Waking, World

14

"The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it."

"The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

14

"The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city."

"The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city."

John Hickenlooper, American Politician

14

"I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds."

"I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds."

Gustav Stresemann, German Politician

People, Germany, Judgment, Old

14

"One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way."

"One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way."

David Icke, English Athlete

People, Being, Public, Talk

14

"People read me but they don't subscribe."

"People read me but they don't subscribe."

Jay London, American Comedian

14

"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."

"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

14

"There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail."

"There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail."

Sadie Frost, English Actress

14

"Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week."

"Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week."

William Dean Howells, American Author

14

"With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy."

"With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

14

"By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?"

"By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?"

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

People, Positive, Future, Help

14

"I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem."

"I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

14

"Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that."

"Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that."

Michael McKean, American Actor

People, Self, World

14

"I went there and helped him shuffle pictures of people, and one of the agents asked me if I was interested in acting. Of course, I was a little bit interested in it; I'm sure that's part of the reason I moved to L.A. even though I never admitted it to myself."

"I went there and helped him shuffle pictures of people, and one of the agents asked me if I was interested in acting. Of course, I was a little bit interested in it; I'm sure that's part of the reason I moved to L.A. even though I never admitted it to myself."

Josh Duhamel, American Actor

People, Acting, Reason

13

"There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland."

"There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland."

Johnny Winter, American Musician

13

"The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space."

"The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

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