People Quotes
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When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or are they looking at Africans as people who are equally equipped to do great things, as in the West?
Djimon Hounsou
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You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses, and he wears a beret. He is French, people.
Conan O'Brien
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I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up.
Luke Wilson
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On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.
Barack Obama
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People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
Anthony Trollope
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I love Fayetteville. I like hills and vistas and hardworking people and fighting snow in winter and chiggers in the summer.
Ellen Gilchrist
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The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.
Lisa Kleypas
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One thing that makes me optimistic is other media from the digital world coming at radio. MTV tried to kill the radio star back in the '80s. And with all the digital services coming at us, people say it's a thing of the past - it's not.
Elvis Duran
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Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.
Charlaine Harris
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I don't think malls are going to go away. People still need somewhere to go, but they do have to evolve.
Angela Ahrendts
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People who love what they do get after it every day.
Lynn Good
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All my life I've encountered people who were obsessed with one particular class of object or experience, who were constantly pursuing that thing. Since I was a little kid, I hadn't afforded myself the opportunity, I guess, to have a hobby.
William Gibson
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Not surprisingly, most people feel most beautiful when they are involved in an act of service, or are doing something that makes them feel generous, connected, or seen by others.
Jacqueline Novogratz
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People are trying to be smart - all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.
Charlie Munger
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I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.
Lynda Barry
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What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.
Elinor Ostrom
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Do you want a successful career or a close relationship with your family? Both! Do you want a focus on business or have fun and play? Both! Do you want money or meaning in your life? Both! Do you want to earn a fortune or do the work you love? Both! Poor people always choose one, rich people choose both.
T. Harv Eker
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There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.
Big Boi
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I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it.
Kelly Clarkson
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Design is people.
Jane Jacobs
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It was a good feeling to have a lot of support. A lot of people respect me as a player but also as a person as well.
Kevin Martin
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Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.
Alton Brown
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How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Jacques Plante
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We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language.
David LaChapelle