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"Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive?"

"Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive?"

John Hutton, English Educator

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"I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing."

"I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

People, End, Famous, Personality

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"The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen."

"The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman

People, Fear, Will

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"I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins."

"I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins."

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French Politician

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"I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind."

"I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind."

Daniel Goleman, American Author

People, Emotions, Mind

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"Christ, he was paranoid about criticism. I used to say: why doesn't he worry about the team and forget what people are saying? He got Phil Thompson, who was a kid coming through when I was a Liverpool player, to have a go at me. So now I don't talk to him."

"Christ, he was paranoid about criticism. I used to say: why doesn't he worry about the team and forget what people are saying? He got Phil Thompson, who was a kid coming through when I was a Liverpool player, to have a go at me. So now I don't talk to him."

Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

People, Christ, Criticism, Forget

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"These are the people who do studies that your carry-out Chinese meals are saturated in fat. I'd just like to meet them! I mean, what do they do for pleasure?"

"These are the people who do studies that your carry-out Chinese meals are saturated in fat. I'd just like to meet them! I mean, what do they do for pleasure?"

Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

People, Pleasure

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"But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation."

"But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation."

Pat Summerall, American Celebrity

People, Disease, Will

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"I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem."

"I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

People, Income, Writer, Writing

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"There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too."

"There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too."

Mike McCready, American Musician

People, Career, Pretty

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"We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion."

"We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion."

Frank Luntz, American Politician

People, Passion, Sound

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"I think with every writer there are two people there."

"I think with every writer there are two people there."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

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"People try constantly to use me, and I hate it."

"People try constantly to use me, and I hate it."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

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"There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either."

"There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either."

Della Reese, American Musician

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"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

People, Injustice, Measure, Will

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"There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on "Friends" is."

"There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on "Friends" is."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

People, Character, Favorite, Jury

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"On film sets, people get put down in public a lot."

"On film sets, people get put down in public a lot."

David Warner, British Actor

People, Film, Public

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"People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers."

"People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers."

Michael Pitt, American Actor

People, Answers, Want

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"I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around."

"I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around."

Ann Beattie, American Writer

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"Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid."

"Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

People, Boston, Surprises

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"I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people."

"I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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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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"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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"We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules."

"We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

People, Community, Rules, Trying

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"Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it?"

"Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it?"

Alexei Sayle, British Comedian

People, America, Walking

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"We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people."

"We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people."

Michael D. Barnes, American Politician

People, Act, Killing, Police

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"You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do."

"You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do."

Ron Silver, American Actor

People, Body, Intentions, Language

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"For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence."

"For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

People, Fiction, Man, Order

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"I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who couldn't really do it, you can do some pretty wonderfully, imaginative horrific things to teachers."

"I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who couldn't really do it, you can do some pretty wonderfully, imaginative horrific things to teachers."

Diane Cilento, Australian Actress

People, Pretty, Teachers

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"Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people."

"Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people."

Howard Zinn, American Historian

People, Help, Present

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"Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world."

"Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

People, Idea, Provocative, Universe

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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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"If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off."

"If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

People, Priorities

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"The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested."

"The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

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"Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves."

"Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves."

Herman Cain, American Businessman

People, Fun, Today, Workers

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"The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little."

"The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

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"In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington."

"In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington."

Fred Thompson, American Politician

People, End, May, Poor

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"I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other."

"I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress

People, Play, Right, Trying

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"I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people."

"I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people."

Isabelle Adjani, French Actress

People, Interest

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"Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate."

"Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate."

Larry David, American Actor

People, Fight, Fighting, Ski

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"The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact."

"The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

People, Control, Internet

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"Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances."

"Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

People, Courage, Commitment, Desperation

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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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"My expectations of other people, I double them on myself."

"My expectations of other people, I double them on myself."

James Brown, American Musician

People, Expectations

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"I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me."

"I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me."

Dana Hill, American Actress

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"The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important."

"The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

People, Effect, Opinion, Opinions

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"I am, as a European, absolutely shocked by European people. I am also shocked by European nationalist people. They have allowed themselves to be so emasculated so silently."

"I am, as a European, absolutely shocked by European people. I am also shocked by European nationalist people. They have allowed themselves to be so emasculated so silently."

Ernst Zundel, German Activist

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"I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual."

"I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual."

Sam Elliott, American Actor

People, Positive

36

"Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make."

"Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make."

Herb Kohl, American Politician

People, Decision

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"In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs."

"In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs."

Albert Ellis, American Psychologist

People, Now, Old, Therapy

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