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People Quotes
"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts."
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"The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us."
71
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
71
"To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest."
71
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
70
"I don't have any friends and don't have any intention of making any. People will stab you in the back, mistreat you, talk about me behind your back, steal from you. And they're not really your friends. They're only there because you're a celebrity or because they want to get something from you."
70
"For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction."
70
"Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars people needed right away."
69
"Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave."
69
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
68
"It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or we survived in this slavery."
68
"What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off."
68
"Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame."
68
"It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment."
68
"Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke."
68
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
67
"Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing."
66
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible."
66
"Cambridge is thriving and Britain is working. We have been telling people - 'if you value it, vote for it' - and this is particularly relevant in Cambridge."
66
"Very few people could make me fight out of my system. Burley was one."
66
"I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how important this relationship is to the people of the United States."
66
"People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'"
65
"After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important."
65
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
65
"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate."
65
"Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true."
65
"The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well."
64
"Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
64
"You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves."
64
"One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves."
64
"Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?"
63
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