People Quotes
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I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet. I want to know who the morons are.
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In looking at these pots at the Field Museum, Alix MacKenzie and I both came to a conclusion individually but also collectively that the pots that really interested us were the pots that people had used in their everyday life, and we began to think - I mean, whether it was ancient Greece or Africa or Europe or wherever, the pots that people had used in their homes were the ones that excited us.
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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.
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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.
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A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.
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Racism is a sign of ignorance, in my opinion. It's people who haven't been anywhere, haven't seen the world.
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It's easy to say I love you with your mouth. But I like when people say I love you with their heart.
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There are people who didn't like 'The Departed,' you know?
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You decide you're going to do horror, then gosh darn it, do horror. Do what's expected. Don't kind of do it. Don't dilly-dally around, because people really enjoy the genre, and they expect certain things.
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I like Twitter because it brings me into contact with people I’d never meet. I like what makes people tick.
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People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it's the only way you'll get anywhere.
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Getting out on stage and playing music for people feels great when people are cheering for you, that's obviously really exciting. But what's most exciting is the idea that we're all experiencing something that's bigger than us.
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I used to do prank calls as these people and try to convince certain hoteliers that I was someone else. At the time, I used to do people like Tony Blair and William Hague. It was very good fun hearing people kind of thinking, 'Hmm, is that who I think it is?'
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People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.
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Sigma Chi, more than anything else, got me involved with the people who knew how to study, and they helped me. I learned from them. The Norman Shield is still quite applicable now.
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I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.
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The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid people.'
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
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I think technology is us, not something we invented. I think we are more psychic now because we have cell phones and you can look and see who's calling you. When people start seeing technology as us, as humanity, our whole idea of what existence is, is going to shift.
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My goal has always been to help as many people as I can.
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People should really take care when they vote, and pay more attention to what people say they're going to do - instead of just how they feel about how things are going.
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I tend to write about people. I look at things from the bottom up and from the perspective of outsiders. A part of me just identifies with them. It's my messed up internal nature that I always feel like an outsider. It's just my nature. At film festivals, I was an outsider for sure, but I always felt like one as well. I have that feeling at parties, too. I don't belong there.
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When you are insecure, it turns people off. To spend money, people have to give away a part of their security. When they make the transfer of money to you, they have to feel solid; they have to feel they are getting something that will make them more, because they are paying out and becoming less right now. If you are solid and contained and secure, it helps them feel solid, so they transfer their cash more readily.
