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"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."



"It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?"


"We've got very large freshman class, it's historic in its size, so there's people that are extremely diverse in their backgrounds and their viewpoints. I think that we're going to see a conservative group of people coming together, focused on some real ideals that are going to be extremely important."


"Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way."


"We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children."


"Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'."


"The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children."



"If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like."


"You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him."


"I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line."


"Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and it's like doing live theater. And filming something that goes to millions of people several weeks later, it's an interesting dynamic."



"I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily."


"It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam."


"People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run."


"If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors."


"Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world."



"What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'"


"Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff."


"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it."


"I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing."



"First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people."


"It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that."


"I don't belong in the world. That's what it is. Something separates me from other people."


"By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed."


"If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!"



"Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan."


"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."


"People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set."


"The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives."


"Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it."


"If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary."


"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch."


"They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people will see that too. Because it's very easy to bore people, and that's a killer. So hopefully that won't happen."
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