People Quotes
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People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.
Marcus Samuelsson
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In 'A Chosen Few,' I spent hours and hours listening to the pain of people of who had survived wondering why they survived and what their life means and what right do they have to survive.
Mark Kurlansky
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Sleep is probably my favorite activity. I wrote this piece out of gratitude that I'm able to sleep well as an offering to people who don't.
Max Richter
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
Taylor Hackford
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I like that the sight of me can make people happy. That's nice innit? I like that people like my music. I like that you get perks sometimes. Sometimes people treat you better, but through that there's the opposite as well. es
Dizzee Rascal
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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.
Barkhad Abdi
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I'm just there to do interviews and stuff, because we have about 40 media people there, so it's a very, very busy week. But that's the only time. I did marry, I think on one show, about 25 couples in Acapulco Bay once, but that was all just for kicks.
Gavin MacLeod
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Over the years, a number of people have asked me why I tend to write at this great length. I've put some thought into the answer, and it can be boiled down one word: consequences. Well, maybe two words: consequences and characters. Or perhaps, consequences, characters, and the subconscious mind - above all the subconscious mind.
Katharine Kerr
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
Jackie Jackson The Jacksons
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Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.
Elizabeth Fry
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If white people need colleges to furnish teachers, ministers, lawyers, and doctors, do black people need nothing of the sort?
W. E. B. Du Bois
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I get cold really quickly, but I don't care. I like weather. I never understand why people move someplace so that they can avoid weather.
Holly Hunter
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I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.
Sam Raimi
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I have no way of knowing why my career has lasted so long other than the fact that people like the sound of my voice. Fortunately, I've been able to maintain it.
Johnny Mathis
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I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.
Chris Hardwick
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
Jack Ma
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Everywhere in the world people were expecting the latter coming of one or another kickshaw messiah who would remove the discomforts which they themselves were either too lazy or too incompetent to deal with; and nobody had anything whatever to gain with electing for peculiarity among one's fellow creatures and a gloomier outlook. Even Coth saw that.
James Branch Cabell
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Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people.
Kaya Scodelario
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
Olga Kurylenko
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I refuse to be held responsible for bringing back a wave of pasty-faced people into the world.
Brian Molko Placebo
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Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.
Isaac Hayes
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
Kate Walsh
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People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can't handle it.
Kangana Ranaut
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I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
Sally Ride