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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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"It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them."

"It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them."

Carson Daly, American Entertainer

13

"Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone."

"Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone."

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

13

"Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence."

"Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence."

Pearl Bailey, American Actress

People, Learning, Violence

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"Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists."

"Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

People, Arguments, Atheism, Religious

13

"We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay."

"We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay."

Melanie Chisholm, English Musician

People, Comparisons, Earth

13

"Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess."

"Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess."

John Cusack, American Actor

13

"The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism."

"The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism."

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Statesman

People, Civilization, Capitalism, Contradiction

13

"I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real."

"I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real."

Zach Braff, American Actor

People, Idea, Writing

13

"Technically you need the extra dimensions. At first people didn't like them too much, but they've got a big benefit, which is that the ability of string theory to describe all the elementary particles and their forces along with gravity depends on using the extra dimensions."

"Technically you need the extra dimensions. At first people didn't like them too much, but they've got a big benefit, which is that the ability of string theory to describe all the elementary particles and their forces along with gravity depends on using the extra dimensions."

Edward Witten, American Mathematician

People, Ability, First, Gravity

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"People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular."

"People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

People, Internet

13

"I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit."

"I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit."

Martin Short, American Actor

13

"Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist."

"Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

13

"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."

"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

13

"Only a certain number of people go to a store over the period of a year. When a person sees my record on the shelf, it eliminates someone else's record from being sold. It's about continuing to try to find new ways to sell records."

"Only a certain number of people go to a store over the period of a year. When a person sees my record on the shelf, it eliminates someone else's record from being sold. It's about continuing to try to find new ways to sell records."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

13

"Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes."

"Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes."

Walter Gropius, German Architect

People, Mistakes

13

"The current institutionally provided retirement plans will not cover people's needs upon retirement."

"The current institutionally provided retirement plans will not cover people's needs upon retirement."

Scott Cook, American Businessman

People, Needs, Retirement, Will

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"People are entitled to the presumption of innocence."

"People are entitled to the presumption of innocence."

Barney Frank, American Politician

People, Innocence

13

"You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town."

"You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

People, Hollywood, Vacation

13

"First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people."

"First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people."

Edward Bond, English Playwright

People, Animals, Devil, First

13

"Our shuttle crew is four people, because we're going to transfer a crew up to station, so all the jobs are divided between four people rather than five or six people. So it's been busy."

"Our shuttle crew is four people, because we're going to transfer a crew up to station, so all the jobs are divided between four people rather than five or six people. So it's been busy."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

13

"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."

"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."

Mary Mastrantonio, American Actress

People, Hate, Hell, May

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"People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning."

"People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning."

Clare Short, British Politician

People, Being, Globalization, Sun

13

"People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug."

"People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug."

Edmond de Goncourt, French Writer

13

"People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works."

"People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works."

David McCullough, American Historian

13

"Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people."

"Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

People, Dictators

13

"I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done."

"I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done."

David Baker, American Composer

People, Conflict, Practice, Theories

13

"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 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."

Chris Ware, American Artist

13

"All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal."

"All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal."

Deborah Kerr, Scottish Actress

People, Successful, Being

13

"With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke."

"With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

People, Confidence, Silly, Want

13

"Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid."

"Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

People, Solitude

13

"People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind."

"People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

People, Future, Past

13

"We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer."

"We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

13

"Whatever kind of movie it is, you're going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or you'll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better."

"Whatever kind of movie it is, you're going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or you'll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better."

Luke Wilson, American Actor

People, Care, Drama

13

"If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their ascendant, and the eleventh their twelfth house, and vary your Rules with Judgment."

"If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their ascendant, and the eleventh their twelfth house, and vary your Rules with Judgment."

William Lilly, English Celebrity

People, Judgment, Rules

13

"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."

"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."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

People, Reading

13

"Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people."

"Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people."

Dominique Wilkins, French Athlete

People, Help, Research

13

"I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning."

"I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

People, Winning

13

"You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do."

"You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do."

Taylor Hanson, American Musician

13

"People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different."

"People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different."

Colin Firth, British Actor

People, Idea, Bible, Missionaries

13

"Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do."

"Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

People, Character

13

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

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

David Ogden Stiers, American Actor

13

"Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga."

"Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga."

David Ogilvy, English Businessman

13

"That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish."

"That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish."

Mario Lopez, American Actor

People, First, Fish, Talk

13

"But you base everything on people you know."

"But you base everything on people you know."

Gena Rowlands, American Actress

13

"Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century."

"Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century."

Mickey Mantle, American Athlete

People, Heroes, Question

13

"It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live."

"It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live."

Mike Judge, American Producer

People, Character, Satire, Saying

13

"As parents, we need to talk to young people about drugs and make sure they understand that drugs are dangerous, addictive substances that can ruin their lives and harm their communities."

"As parents, we need to talk to young people about drugs and make sure they understand that drugs are dangerous, addictive substances that can ruin their lives and harm their communities."

John Walters, British Musician

People, Drugs, Harm, Parents

13

"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."

"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."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

13

"Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores."

"Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores."

Elsa Maxwell, American Writer

People, Church, Being, Fire

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