Mercy Otis Warren Quotes
No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.
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Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
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Europeans forget that one-third of the American people have had a personal conversation with Jesus Christ and that the born-again are not just little old ladies in black but also CEOs and provosts of universities and candidates for office.
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Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
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My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
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The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.
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I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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I could buy an island. I could buy a private jet - but I have NetJets.
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I don't think I've worked a day in my life.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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I'm involved with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. I love anything that helps and improves the life of children.
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Sometimes I get the bug to live in London for a year, or something like that, and maybe I will. But New Jersey's home.
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No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.
