Public Quotes
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Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.
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We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused -- in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible.
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But members of the public are bound to be concerned and their concerns can be allayed if they are shown that every effort is being made by the European Union and by member states effectively to coordinate action.
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It takes a great deal of courage to give me a public shout out, that's for sure.
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Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.
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On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.
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Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another line of work. You're in this business for people to know what you do and like it.
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Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.
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A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense.
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My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
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To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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As the times change, people change, and so do their tastes, so I try to understand what the public wants, what they require. I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.
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We want to make sure horses and riders are safe amongst the public.
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Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.
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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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The Federal Reserve, like other central banks, wields powerful tools; democratic accountability requires that the public be able to see how and for what purposes those tools are being used.
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The only difference is that, in the last 10 years, the public has been so affected by reality TV and the Internet. They really dwell on entertainers' misgivings.
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The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question.
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I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.
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I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat, but I was willing to take that to the trenches if you know what I mean. I took that opinion to the wall, often in public, often had to... I often had to fight in public with the very same people who I was trying to convince to play my records!
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Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.
