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"But the Committee for Industrial Organizations is here. It is now henceforth a definite instrumentality, destined greatly to influence the lives of our people and the internal and external course of the republic."

"But the Committee for Industrial Organizations is here. It is now henceforth a definite instrumentality, destined greatly to influence the lives of our people and the internal and external course of the republic."

John L. Lewis, American Leader

People, Committee, Influence, Now

13

"As you get older, you're doing different parts, but the young people, like yourself, they keep you excited, because they'll see Waterfront, and they'll want to talk about it."

"As you get older, you're doing different parts, but the young people, like yourself, they keep you excited, because they'll see Waterfront, and they'll want to talk about it."

Eva Marie Saint, American Actress

People, Talk, Want

13

"Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly."

"Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly."

Art Garfunkel, American Musician

People, Future, Present

13

"You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either."

"You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either."

Roy H. Williams, American Businessman

13

"To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation."

"To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

People, Expression, Vacation

13

"Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual."

"Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

People, Night, Trying

13

"I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself."

"I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself."

Anita Hill, American Celebrity

People, Idea, Blame, Content

13

"I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that."

"I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that."

John Denver, American Musician

13

"I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave."

"I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

13

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."

Buddha, Indian Leader

People, Habit, Doubt, Nothing

13

"In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people."

"In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

People, Acceptance, World

13

"A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people."

"A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people."

Sun Ra, American Musician

People, Country, Honor

13

"As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble."

"As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble."

Emmylou Harris, American Musician

People, Thoughtful, Trouble

13

"It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation."

"It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

People, Ideas, Conversation

13

"They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children."

"They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children."

Norma McCorvey, American Celebrity

People, Children, Want

13

"I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge."

"I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge."

David Kay, American Scientist

People, Challenge, Maturity

13

"Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves."

"Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves."

Barry Mann, American Musician

People, Feelings

13

"The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult."

"The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

People, Training

13

"It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.'"

"It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.'"

Robert Byrd, American Politician

People, America, Constitution

13

"I wish we didn't have to own up to a policy deliberately designed to inflict suffering on people who have already been traumatised in the countries from which they've fled."

"I wish we didn't have to own up to a policy deliberately designed to inflict suffering on people who have already been traumatised in the countries from which they've fled."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist

People, Policy, Countries, Suffering

13

"The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them."

"The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

People, Party, Will

13

"I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks."

"I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks."

Joseph Epstein, American Writer

People, Training

13

"People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures."

"People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures."

Martha Beck, American Author

People, Authority, Doctors

13

"Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No."

"Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No."

Kilari Anand Paul, Indian Evangelist

People, Quran, Right, Tomorrow

13

"Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl."

"Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl."

Christina Aguilera, American Musician

People, Act, Want

13

"I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations."

"I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations."

Robert Cormier, American Author

13

"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."

"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."

James Dean, American Actor

13

"I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize."

"I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize."

Harvey Pekar, American Writer

People, Potential

13

"I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me."

"I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me."

Larry King, American Entertainer

13

"I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it."

"I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it."

Alan Hansen, Scottish Athlete

13

"You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi."

"You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

13

"It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to."

"It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

People, Fun, World

13

"Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference."

"Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

People, Compassion, Desire, Difference

13

"It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed."

"It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed."

Norman Lear, American Producer

13

"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

Richard Briers, English Actor

People, Acting, Nothing, Talk

13

"I like the club. It looks nice with all the tables out. They were freaking out, the Gilly's people."

"I like the club. It looks nice with all the tables out. They were freaking out, the Gilly's people."

Kim Deal, American Musician

13

"People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives?"

"People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives?"

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

13

"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."

"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."

Will Durant, American Historian

People, Trouble, Wishes

13

"The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears."

"The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears."

Ian Mckellen, English Actor

People, America

13

"People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person."

"People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person."

Slick Rick, American Musician

13

"Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served."

"Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

People, Attention

13

"The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations."

"The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations."

Angela Merkel, German Statesman

People, Enthusiasm, Country, Germany

13

"There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do."

"There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

13

"The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone."

"The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone."

John Bardeen, American Scientist

People, Results

13

"No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it."

"No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

People, Culture, Possession

13

"Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable."

"Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable."

Jackie Gleason, American Actor

13

"People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude."

"People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

People, Attitude, Gay

13

"You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles."

"You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles."

Jack Scalia, American Actor

13

"I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that aspect."

"I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that aspect."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

13

"I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder."

"I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

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