People Quotes
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I'm used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort rather than challenge in their art. It's a lot easier to listen to Barry Manilow murder what are actually good songs from the '50s than to consider what [left-leaning songwriter] Steve Earle has to say.
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I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
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People don't want charities to usurp the state as the core provider of social services.
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Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'
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There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.
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I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.
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I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.
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We need to rethink a system that has targeted young people, particularly young people of color, for nonviolent crimes.
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Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get into it and work.
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When people tell me I can't do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, 'Yes, I can.'
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But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.
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What people don't understand about making a film is sometimes your experience on the film shapes who you are. You're gone to another country for five months, maybe more, there's training leading up to it... It's a whole life experience that people don't see because they just see the final product wrapped up in a couple hours. You don't see everything that happens around it. I think it's hard to say one movie or one thing; I think they all shape who you are.
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I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.
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Our films are changing so people across the world can see them - when 'Highway' premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, a Polish lady said to me, 'It has a strong message for women.' So it's good to know our films are connecting universally.
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Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
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People were almost twice as likely to reach for a comfort food when they were happy than when they were sad.
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The creative man with an insight into human nature, with the artistry to touch and move people, will succeed. Without them he will fail.
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I'm very good at reading people - and very bad at math.
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I haven't had an easy life, but at some point, you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be. I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them.
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We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.
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But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.
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To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.
