People Quotes
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My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.
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As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.
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A lot of people are buying things on the Internet - not just white men.
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Truth is that which makes a people certain, clear, and strong.
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I really like to meet people, but only when I have the energy for it.
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Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.
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Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?
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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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From about age 17 to 25, a time some people describe as "beautiful youth," it was "arranged" for me to live with two different collectives. These eight years where I had absolutely no choice influenced me in two ways: firstly, I gained an understanding of "freedom." To this day, I very much respect and treasure individual choice. Secondly, I developed a suspicion towards any kind of organization, collective, movement or uniform action, as well as a rejection of any kind of power.
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As a species, we're not only wired to choose today over tomorrow, but we hate to feel like we're losing out on something. The bottom line is, if we feel like we're losing something we avoid it, we won't do it. That's why so many people don't save and invest. Saving sounds like you're giving something up, you're losing something today. But you're not.
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There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us.
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What I've been saying to people is that I write it.
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The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state.
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We need to love people with our deeds AND our words because sharing the Good News is a process, not just an event.
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Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't.
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In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote.
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Whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I am not.
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The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.
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Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.
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People usually take for granted that the way things are is the way things must be.
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But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will.
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People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else.
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The first job I ever did in the theatre, I was supposed to be a genius piano player. I couldn't play the piano, but you just sit there at a piano like you're playing, and suddenly all this amazing music comes out and the audience believes you can do it. It's the same with computers. I love scenes where there are people yanking at monitors, "yes I'll put you through now," and you know they're just doing that. But you can look brilliant at all this technology. I love it.
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Many people have beautiful homes and beautiful things, but other people haven't ever seen them. So why have them?
