People Quotes
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I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at some point would say, 'So... would you consider this a feminist movie?' People are worried that it's a taboo thing, so I took great relish in saying, 'Yes, I would. Write that, yes.'
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It was not for the sake of oil that the risky decision to cease this corrupt coexistence was made. But at least now the Iraqi people have a chance of controlling their own main resource, and it will be our task to ensure that the funding and revenue are transparent instead of opaque.
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When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.
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People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?
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Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.
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I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.
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As soon as people hear my voice and synthesizer together they hear Erasure.
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Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston - a lot of people have studied with me. It's paying my dues.
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I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.
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There's no way I'm going to write for other people.
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The idea is not to please the most amount of people. Growing up in Versailles, the idea was to please the least amount of people.
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We can be the best taught people on the face of the earth but the trouble is we don't live as well as we have been taught.
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At Oculus, we're now looking at eye specialists, people who really understand how the human eye works, and how that affects human emotion.
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Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.
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People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.
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In 1960, when I graduated from college, people told me a woman couldn't go to law school. And when I graduated from law school, people told me, 'Law firms won't hire you.'
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People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe - no matter how intelligently I might act - that I was guided by instinct.
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People never believe it when they find out I'm a karate world champion. They don't see me as the type because I'm small and blonde.
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There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.
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Our enemies must not deceive themselves-in the 2,000 years of German history known to us, our people have never been more united than today. The Lord of the Universe has treated us so well in the past years that we bow in gratitude to a providence which has allowed us to be members of such a great nation. We thank Him that we also can be entered with honor into the ever-lasting book of German history!
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All one's life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to be noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It's a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.
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Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
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People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
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Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.
