People Quotes
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People remember Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, quite forget he was a Professor of Modern Languages!
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I'm going to be so normal that when people look up normal in the dictionary, my name will be there.
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In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of the hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul. I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is rot.
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It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.
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I've never been involved with anyone who's set out to hurt people, to break legs. It is a bit of a dying art
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I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'.
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When you aren't doing too many films, people find other things to write about you.
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Kwon Ji Yong is searching for the comfort and reliable people that G-Dragon doesn't have offstage.
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Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.
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They maintain that only a dictatorship - their dictatorship, of course - can create the will of the people, while our answer to this is: No dictatorship can have any other aim but that of self-perpetuation, and it can beget only slavery in the people tolerating it; freedom can be created only by freedom, that is, by a universal rebellion on the part of the people and free organization of the toiling masses from the bottom up.
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When you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society, and other animals, the male typically is the dominant role. The female, it’s not antithesis, or it’s not competing, it’s a complementary role. We as people in a smart society have lost the ability to have complementary relationships in nuclear families, and it’s tearing us apart.
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You need to fight cases in the courts, but you certainly cannot rely on the courts, you need to testify in Congress and lobby your Congress person, but you certainly cannot rely on Congress. You need to speak out in the media, but you cannot totally trust the media either. You need to work within the academy because that's an influential opinion body. I think that one of the lessons that people have learned in the civil rights community is that it is generally not enough to focus on litigation in the courts.
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Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.
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If you're trying to write about what the Chinese people are talking about, you can sometimes get a distorted picture if you go online and look at the conversation on social media.
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People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future.
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People don't lack resources, they just lack control over their resources.
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People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.
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If my Catholic boyfriend and I ever have a kid, we'll just be honest with it. We'll say that Mommy is one of God's chosen people, and Daddy believes that Jesus is magic!
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I love the art of acting, so whether I do it on film with a million people seeing me or I do it in front of 20 people in a class showcasing my art, I am going to act whether anyone sees it or everyone sees it.
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Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. You will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.
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All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they love.
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I'm very interested in how people change.
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I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?
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Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.
