People Quotes
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Music is an extremely powerful force if used properly to uplift people. I believe music should be uplifting and not downgrading... it's a very, very powerful tool.
Gary Wright
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
Zadie Smith
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There are people that have that confidence, who march into VIP areas. I assume I won't get in. I don't say, 'Do you know who I am?', but sometimes I'm with someone who says it for you. Then, I pretend to be all, 'Oh, please don't shame me!'.
Chris Lowe Pet Shop Boys
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
Vanilla Ice
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
C. L. R. James
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People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.
Samina Baig
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A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch.
Andrea Jung
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
Ramez Naam
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
E. L. James
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There are people who recall my father as a saint and a monster. I'm quite sure I will share the same fate.
Franz Wright
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
Zach Galifianakis
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And I thought my loss my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.
Birch Bayh
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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
Yohan Blake
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
Ian MacKaye
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
Folorunsho Alakija
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I had been friendly with people who were in the Communist party and all the rest of the Left forces, which were oriented in the direction of mass action.
Ella Baker
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
Laura Dern
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Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.
Adam Grant
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
Jack Nicholson
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
Daniel A. D'Aniello
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There have been plenty of Republican efforts to go to the extreme scandal zone. Impeaching Bill Clinton was a classic example. Fortunately, the Senate had enough sense to acquit Clinton, and the American people were behind him in huge numbers.
Bob Beckel
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I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses.
Fred Armisen
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran Lebowitz
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Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.
Marta Vieira da Silva