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People Quotes

"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

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"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

13

"Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze."

"Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

People, Pretty, Silly

13

"Give the people not hell, but hope and courage."

"Give the people not hell, but hope and courage."

John Murray, American Publisher

People, Courage, Hope, Hell

13

"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."

"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

13

"Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries."

"Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

People, Driving, Hate

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"There's something about me that makes a lot of people want to throw up."

"There's something about me that makes a lot of people want to throw up."

Pat Boone, American Musician

13

"When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary."

"When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary."

Red Buttons, American Comedian

13

"Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously."

"Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously."

John Hutton, English Educator

People, Challenge, Europe, Months

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"People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive."

"People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive."

E. O. Wilson, American Scientist

People, Purpose, Sense, Spirits

13

"You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me."

"You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

13

"Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along."

"Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along."

Neil Innes, British Writer

13

"Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to."

"Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to."

Alexis Bledel, American Actress

People, Stress, Writers

13

"A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know."

"A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know."

Kenneth Clark, British Author

13

"The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first."

"The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first."

Joel Coen, American Director

People, Actors, First, Stars

13

"It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better."

"It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

People, Language

13

"It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans."

"It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans."

Dave Reichert, American Politician

People, Americans, Nation, Reform

13

"I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start."

"I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

People, Help, Trying

13

"Well it's a drastic procedure by your standards and mine, but for the people who are living in desperation perhaps the best way to understand it is that it seems no more drastic to them than circumcision."

"Well it's a drastic procedure by your standards and mine, but for the people who are living in desperation perhaps the best way to understand it is that it seems no more drastic to them than circumcision."

John Money, New Zealander Psychologist

People, Desperation, Living, Newzealander

13

"Some people obtain fame, others deserve it."

"Some people obtain fame, others deserve it."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

13

"People are so busy anyway they don't see you or recognise you in the street."

"People are so busy anyway they don't see you or recognise you in the street."

Andrea Corr, Irish Musician

13

"Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching."

"Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

People, Now, World

13

"And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure."

"And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure."

Heston Blumenthal, English Celebrity

People, Learning, Questions, Want

13

"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."

"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."

Harry Emerson Fosdick, American Clergyman

People, Conviction, Democracy, Possibilities

13

"When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded."

"When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

13

"I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted."

"I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted."

Christy Turlington, American Model

People, Children, Living, Nothing

13

"I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever."

"I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

People, Hunger, Loneliness, Pain

13

"I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me."

"I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me."

Thelonious Monk, American Musician

13

"Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious."

"Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

13

"It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent."

"It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

People, Ideas, Being, Challenge

13

"It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that can't be proven. I don't know, I don't think that's it."

"It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that can't be proven. I don't know, I don't think that's it."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

13

"It was really weird, when this thing started, to hear lawyers and MTV people calling me and actually saying 'ButtHead.' People tried to avoid it too."

"It was really weird, when this thing started, to hear lawyers and MTV people calling me and actually saying 'ButtHead.' People tried to avoid it too."

Mike Judge, American Producer

People, Lawyers, Saying

13

"I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state."

"I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state."

Joe Manchin, American Politician

People, Responsibility, State

13

"So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech."

"So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

People, Evil, Justice, Kings

13

"The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people."

"The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people."

Richard J. Daley, American Politician

People, Nationality, Party

13

"People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics."

"People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics."

Li Peng, Chinese Public Servant

People, Development, Countries, Light

13

"I've seen, not surprisingly, no action taken against those people, but here I am, an anarchist website, not even close to what that is, not even close to what else you can find on the Internet."

"I've seen, not surprisingly, no action taken against those people, but here I am, an anarchist website, not even close to what that is, not even close to what else you can find on the Internet."

Sherman Austin, American Activist

People, Action, Internet

13

"But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday."

"But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

13

"In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas."

"In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

People, Consciousness, Isolation, Pain

13

"I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator."

"I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator."

Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian Novelist

13

"Competition helps people figure it out."

"Competition helps people figure it out."

Brian McBride, American Athlete

People, Competition

13

"The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people."

"The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people."

Alan Autry, American Actor

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