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"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

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"The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil."

"The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

People, Evil, Religious

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"Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall."

"Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall."

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani Scientist

People, Day, Nothing

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"It's hard to be scared when there are 80 people around you."

"It's hard to be scared when there are 80 people around you."

Clea Duvall, American Actress

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"I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should."

"I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should."

William Odom, American Soldier

People, Policy, Office, Will

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"If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless."

"If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless."

Simon Cowell, British Entertainer

People, Job, Obvious

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"When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King."

"When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

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"In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content."

"In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

People, Content

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"The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France."

"The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France."

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian Politician

People, Army, Fight, First

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"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."

"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

People, Journalism, Talk

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"One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction."

"One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction."

Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian Writer

People, Principles, Satisfaction

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"People are not recognisable, but places have to be recognisable."

"People are not recognisable, but places have to be recognisable."

Ann Robinson, American Actress

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"The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it."

"The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it."

Jimmie Walker, American Actor

People, End, Hate, Hell

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"A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way."

"A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way."

Bryan Robson, English Athlete

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"It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by."

"It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

People, Being, Morals, Struggle

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"A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies."

"A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

People, Now, Office, Old

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"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."

"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."

George Bancroft, American Historian

People, Authority, Rights, Respect

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"I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that."

"I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

People, Unhappiness

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"I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job."

"I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

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"When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like."

"When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

People, Children

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"I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway."

"I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

People, Majority, President

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"I still find trusting people quite hard. I've got a couple of mates that I do let in, but that's it. It's something I've got to sort out - I cut people off."

"I still find trusting people quite hard. I've got a couple of mates that I do let in, but that's it. It's something I've got to sort out - I cut people off."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

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"I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known."

"I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known."

Bob Barker, American Actor

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"The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet."

"The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

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"White Man, let us stand together to secure the survival of your people and my people, for they are one and the same - they are our beloved, miraculous, wonderful, blessed and masterful white race!"

"White Man, let us stand together to secure the survival of your people and my people, for they are one and the same - they are our beloved, miraculous, wonderful, blessed and masterful white race!"

George Lincoln Rockwell, American Activist

People, Survival, Man

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"You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important."

"You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

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"My people were divided about surrendering."

"My people were divided about surrendering."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain."

"It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain."

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

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"I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart."

"I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

People, Talk, Want

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"Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things."

"Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things."

Jeremy Spencer, British Musician

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"People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models."

"People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

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"You must look into people as well as at them."

"You must look into people as well as at them."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

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"This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?"

"This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?"

Spencer Tracy, American Actor

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"She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people."

"She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people."

Michael Schiavo, American Celebrity

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"I can walk down the street all day and people look at me, but they don't talk to me or stop me."

"I can walk down the street all day and people look at me, but they don't talk to me or stop me."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

People, Day, Talk

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"People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was."

"People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

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"Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them."

"Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

People, Artists, Hurt

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"It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist."

"It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

People, Actor, Theater, Want

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"Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions."

"Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions."

Tobias Wolff, American Writer

People, Meaning, Past

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"My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head."

"My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head."

S. E. Hinton, American Writer

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"Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before."

"Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before."

Joseph Jarman, American Musician

People, Old, Years

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"Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia."

"Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia."

Dee Hock, American Businessman

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"People have a right to criticize."

"People have a right to criticize."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

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"I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf."

"I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

People, Career, Jobs

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"It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld."

"It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld."

Don Marquis, American Poet

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"I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in."

"I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in."

Don Johnson, American Actor

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"And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me."

"And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me."

Black Elk, American Leader

People, Fear, Vision, Duty

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"People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers."

"People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers."

John Sladek, American Author

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"Conquered people tend to be witty."

"Conquered people tend to be witty."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

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"There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it."

"There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

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