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"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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"I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America."

"I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America."

Tony Campolo, American Clergyman

People, America, Nixon, Poor

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"Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English."

"Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

People, Bizarre, English, Months

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"These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara."

"These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

People, Thinking

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"Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement and things that are not necessarily a part of the curriculum for people who started on a box and have never done anything that wasn't on a box."

"Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement and things that are not necessarily a part of the curriculum for people who started on a box and have never done anything that wasn't on a box."

John Dykstra, American Scientist

People, Curriculum, Environment, Old

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"It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed."

"It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed."

Walter Lord, American Author

People, Fact, Fancy, Heroes

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"It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?"

"It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?"

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

People, Football, Now

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"A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans."

"A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans."

Kristi Noem, American Politician

People, Being, Now, Right

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"I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'"

"I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'"

Jason Priestley, Canadian Actor

People, America, Gay, Majority

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"Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote."

"Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote."

Emmylou Harris, American Musician

People, Pretty, Vote

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"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."

"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."

Virginia Satir, American Psychologist

People, Perceptions

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"I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa."

"I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa."

Gregg Allman, American Musician

People, First, Songs

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"In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement."

"In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement."

Hans Frank, German Public Servant

People, Greatness, Victory, Country

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"I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds."

"I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds."

David Morse, American Actor

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"You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head."

"You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head."

Ray Walston, American Actor

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"In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals."

"In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

People, Actors, professionals

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"People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story."

"People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story."

Stendhal, French Writer

People, Horror, Pleasure, Reading

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"The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over."

"The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over."

Maxine Hong Kingston, American Writer

People, Difference, Talk, Variety

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"I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me."

"I'm still amazed people remembered and didn't give up on me."

Solomon Burke, American Musician

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"I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion."

"I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion."

Tobias Wolff, American Writer

People, Completion, Students, Teaching

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"They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people who watch MTV."

"They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people who watch MTV."

Mike Judge, American Producer

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"Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means to weave communion between people."

"Status in itself is criminal for those with the means to move, and the means to weave communion between people."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

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"The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe."

"The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe."

Joschka Fischer, German Politician

People, Elections, Europe, Participation

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"I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable."

"I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable."

Adam Baldwin, American Actor

People, Behavior, Leaders

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"What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity."

"What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

People, Creativity, Energy, Excitement

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"It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me."

"It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me."

David Ginola, French Athlete

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"I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances."

"I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances."

David Friedman, American Actor

People, Singing

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"It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make a difference because it seemed like such a lot of people so, yes I would have to say that it has done."

"It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make a difference because it seemed like such a lot of people so, yes I would have to say that it has done."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

People, Difference, Will

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"I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well."

"I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well."

John Oates, American Musician

People, Name, Names

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"Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people."

"Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

People, Humanity

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"There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard."

"There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

People, Internet, Media, Now

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"As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me."

"As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me."

Marion Cotillard, French Actress

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"I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take."

"I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

People, Language

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"I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them."

"I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them."

Harold S. Geneen, British Businessman

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"There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people."

"There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

People, Eccentricity, Hollywood

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"The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe and allows them to reach their full potential as human beings, whatever that potential may be."

"The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe and allows them to reach their full potential as human beings, whatever that potential may be."

John Ensign, American Politician

People, Desire, Environment, Future

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"I don't understand why people don't remember my name."

"I don't understand why people don't remember my name."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

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"There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are."

"There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

People, Circumstances

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"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."

"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

People, Weekend, Will

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"The first need of a free people is to define their own terms."

"The first need of a free people is to define their own terms."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

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"When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions."

"When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

People, Decisions

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"When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be."

"When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be."

Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian

People, Animals, Clowns, Mimes

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"When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption."

"When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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"If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you."

"If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you."

Richard Petty, American Athlete

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"People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous."

"People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

People, Anthropology

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"People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do."

"People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do."

Alan Bates, British Actor

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"When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me."

"When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me."

Imogen Cunningham, American Photographer

People, Job, Mind

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"I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'"

"I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'"

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

People, Hair, Needs, Wrong

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"The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters."

"The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters."

William Shenstone, English Poet

People, May, World

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"Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people."

"Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people."

Gay Talese, American Author

People, Restaurants

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