People Quotes
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It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if that's all it would take to make them whole again.
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I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.
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If you want a lot of visual humor, the way to do it is have visual people do it.
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As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.
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We see people voting for bills that their ideals and principles are opposed to, but because their little funding project is in there, they're voting for it. We might say it's one percent of all spending but the impact of that spending is far greater.
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I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that.
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I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and they use humor to help them through it. I think it's a great remedy for many things.
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I would like people to be moved to act collectively, to militate.
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I was taught never to make a threat unless you are prepared to carry it out, and I am not a fan of carrying anything. Even watching other people carrying things makes me uncomfortable. Mainly because of the possibility they may ask me to help.
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I think love is one that can definitely make you go crazy, and it's almost like love can induce mental illness in a lot of people, or bring it out worse. It makes people make crazy decisions.
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Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the lifestyle is very conducive to making fast, close friends.
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My favourite moment from the Oscars was when Brando didn't attend and sent a Native American woman to talk about Wounded Knee. She delivered a very unpopular and lengthy monologue about the injustice for indigenous people in North America. It was one of the greatest moments in American television.
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When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.
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People don't like the word 'feminism' - that's what needs to change, because we're not going to find another word.
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People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.
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I have sympathy for the people in Syria, and I do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously.
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I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth.
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The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.
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To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.
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I'd like the people teaching my kids to be good enough that they could get a job at the company I work for, making a hundred thousand dollars a year. Why should they work at a school for thirty-five to forty thousand dollars if they could get a job here at a hundred thousand dollars a year?
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One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.
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Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.
