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"When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must be doing something right."

"When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must be doing something right."

Greg Norman, Australian Athlete

People, Right, Smile

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"I cover media people the way they cover politicians."

"I cover media people the way they cover politicians."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

People, Media, Politicians

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"The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people."

"The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

People, Act, Quiet

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"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."

"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

People, Frankness

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"I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick."

"I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick."

Paul Kane, English Writer

People, Hope, Day, Learning

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"At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places."

"At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places."

Peter Singer, Australian Philosopher

People, Ethics, Principles, Want

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"I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly."

"I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

People, Fame, Fortune, Ugly

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"Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong."

"Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong."

Richard J. Needham, Canadian Cartoonist

People, Difference, Mistakes

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"We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people."

"We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

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"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people."

"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people."

Bill Veeck, American Businessman

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"Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place."

"Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place."

Mick Ralphs, English Musician

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"I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future."

"I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

People, Communication, Conscience, Future

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"During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered."

"During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

People, Emotions

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"The more people come out, the less it will be an issue."

"The more people come out, the less it will be an issue."

Martina Navratilova, American Athlete

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"The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes."

"The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

People, Being, Film

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"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions."

"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

People, Succeed

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"I really enjoy the people. I find them to be better educated and wittier."

"I really enjoy the people. I find them to be better educated and wittier."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

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"Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it."

"Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

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"I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know."

"I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

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"We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America."

"We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America."

Barbara Jordan, American Lawyer

People, America, Inflation, Problems

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"But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them."

"But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them."

Julie Harris, American Actress

People, Clothes, Pretty

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"I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't."

"I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't."

John Lithgow, American Actor

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"Duke came to us. They volunteered to come to us and made a number of suggestions to some people on my staff. I don't know how I would characterize them, but there have been some discussions going back and forth between Duke and members of my staff."

"Duke came to us. They volunteered to come to us and made a number of suggestions to some people on my staff. I don't know how I would characterize them, but there have been some discussions going back and forth between Duke and members of my staff."

Gray Davis, American Politician

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"Everything's completely different, and it's been hard. Fortunately, I have a lot of wonderful people around me, and I think I'm handling things pretty well."

"Everything's completely different, and it's been hard. Fortunately, I have a lot of wonderful people around me, and I think I'm handling things pretty well."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

13

"I think more people need to make out."

"I think more people need to make out."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

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"I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off."

"I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off."

Claire Danes, American Actress

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"In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow."

"In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow."

Gwen John, Welsh Artist

People, Meaning, Shadow, Shadows

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"Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid."

"Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

People, Animals, Being, Country

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"People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart."

"People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

People, Heart, Fashion, Trying

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"You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman."

"You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman."

Jennifer Saunders, British Comedian

People, Day, Man, Woman

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"People think because you're private, you have something you don't want them to know."

"People think because you're private, you have something you don't want them to know."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

13

"I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done."

"I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

People, Being, Famous, Name

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"The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together."

"The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

People, Internet

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"I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds."

"I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds."

Barry Zito, American Athlete

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"Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a person, with a child's sensibilities."

"Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a person, with a child's sensibilities."

Kent McCord, American Actor

People, Children, Forget, Parents

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"Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively."

"Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

People, Language

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"Like I said about Freaked, people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it's burnt into the fabric of your culture."

"Like I said about Freaked, people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it's burnt into the fabric of your culture."

Alex Winter, American Actor

People, Culture, End

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"Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap."

"Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

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"Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it."

"Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it."

Harry Seidler, Australian Architect

People, Talking, Years

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"I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it."

"I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

People, Echo, Talk

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"People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited."

"People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

13

"I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it."

"I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

People, Performance, Feeling

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"I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive."

"I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

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"Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying into it, and hopefully the people that do read it realise that it's just fictional stories for entertainment."

"Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying into it, and hopefully the people that do read it realise that it's just fictional stories for entertainment."

Holly Valance, Australian Musician

People, Buying, Entertainment, Reading

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"I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take."

"I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take."

Anjelica Huston, American Actress

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"I myself never feel that I'm sexy. If people call me cute, I am happier."

"I myself never feel that I'm sexy. If people call me cute, I am happier."

Coco Lee, Chinese Musician

13

"This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there."

"This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there."

George Takei, American Actor

People, Democracy, Will

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"I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else."

"I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else."

Britney Spears, American Musician

People, Inspiration, Mistakes

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"Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world."

"Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world."

Peter Mandelson, British Politician

People, Space, World

13

"People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense."

"People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

People, Sense, Want, Will

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