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"People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy."

"People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

People, Church, Forget, Misery

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"I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people."

"I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

People, Being, Golf

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"The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose."

"The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

People, Court, Fool, Whisper

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"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

People, Goals, Succeed

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"People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad."

"People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

People, Nothing, Sense

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"I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people."

"I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people."

Barbara Amiel, British Journalist

People, Opportunity, Country, Talking

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"There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed."

"There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed."

Andy Dick, American Actor

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"It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself."

"It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself."

Patty Duke, American Actress

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"People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of."

"People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of."

Norton Juster, American Architect

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"I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous."

"I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

People, Acting, Emotions, Famous

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"When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable."

"When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

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"And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that."

"And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that."

Little Milton, American Musician

People, Applause, Stars

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"We try to recruit good players and good people."

"We try to recruit good players and good people."

Tim Buckley, American Musician

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"Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone."

"Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone."

Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress

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"Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty."

"Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

People, Care, Jobs, Poverty

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"One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price."

"One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price."

Robert De Niro, American Actor

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"I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?"

"I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?"

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

People, Right, Sound

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"Being fit will keep you mentally sharp and people forget that."

"Being fit will keep you mentally sharp and people forget that."

Peter Shilton, English Athlete

People, Being, Forget, Will

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"There's no people like show people."

"There's no people like show people."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

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"Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it."

"Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

13

"There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it."

"There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

People, Act, Night, Want

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"What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'"

"What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'"

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

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"Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself."

"Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

People, Effort, Help, Hurt

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"I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready."

"I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready."

John Hickenlooper, American Politician

People, Fact, Now, Talking

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"6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage."

"6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

People, Wage, Will

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"To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people."

"To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

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"No kids should see that kind of violence where Batman is killing as many people as the bad guys."

"No kids should see that kind of violence where Batman is killing as many people as the bad guys."

Burt Ward, American Actor

People, Kids, Killing, Violence

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"My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can."

"My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can."

Jerry Only, American Musician

13

"Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him."

"Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him."

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

People, Fault, Man

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"I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude."

"I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

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"And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people."

"And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

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"I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them."

"I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them."

Willie Aames, American Actor

People, Christ, Hurt, Kids

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"I can goof around with other people right up to when we shoot."

"I can goof around with other people right up to when we shoot."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

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"Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system."

"Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system."

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

People, Army, Violence, World

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"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

People, Manners, Respect

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"I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them."

"I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

People, Song, Want

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"So I think it's fair to say it's even more of a challenge for some of these actors that are coming up, because there's such a pressure to look good, to be sexy and be palatable to people on whatever level."

"So I think it's fair to say it's even more of a challenge for some of these actors that are coming up, because there's such a pressure to look good, to be sexy and be palatable to people on whatever level."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

People, Actors, Challenge, Pressure

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"I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope."

"I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope."

Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician

People, Hope, Answers

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"If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people."

"If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

13

"The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions."

"The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions."

Mark Strand, American Poet

People, Poems, Writing

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"He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity."

"He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity."

Don King, American Celebrity

People, Day, Dignity

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"We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question."

"We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question."

Jim Wallis, American Writer

People, Children, Poor, Question

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"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."

"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

13

"The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid."

"The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid."

Billy Idol, British Musician

13

"My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him."

"My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

People, Connection

13

"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on."

"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

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"America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people."

"America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

People, America, Composers

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"So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing."

"So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing."

Lionel Richie, American Musician

People, Career, Saying

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"In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions."

"In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions."

Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic

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"Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people."

"Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people."

Samuel P. Huntington, American Sociologist

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