People Quotes
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All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human and deserve respect and gratitude.
Margaret Heffernan
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Since the last tour I have done a lot of extensive travel to Iraq, Kuwait, Siberia, South Korea and other places and picked up some hopefully interesting stories. We are living in interesting times and as bad as things are, I draw considerable inspiration from some of the things I'm seeing and people I'm meeting. I'm looking forward to getting out on the road and talking about it all.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.
Paula Pell
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People don't want to hang around someone that you don't know how they're going to react to anything you do or say.
Morgan Freeman
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Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.
Napoleon Hill
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No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.
Jascha Heifetz
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Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.
Chris Tucker
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Different people's houses smell like different weird things. God forbid someone should come and nail down what my house smells like. It'd probably be a litter box... sweaty socks... and burnt bacon. That probably is what it smells like.
Wendi McLendon-Covey
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I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not good; it just means someone hasn't seen you yet. It doesn't mean that in real life you're not the greatest actor.
Matthew Gray Gubler
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So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.
Mel Torme
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I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
Clive Owen
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It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.
Chris Kyle
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For people to link my music to their lives, it's incredible, there's no other feeling like it.
Adele
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When I started, people would come to interview me, and just knowing that I worked in videogames - it was like people wanted to stone me, it was that bad. People thought of video games as kind of a bad thing in society. Now, people that come to interview me, they have grown up with video games, and they know what they are; they've experienced it.
Yuji Horii
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But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's nothing that gets people as involved as sport.
Lynn Anderson
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What people forget is that I'm an actress. That's the wonderful thing about what I do. I get to play different roles.
Keshia Knight Pulliam
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Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
Chet Atkins
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
Larry Brilliant
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I think what history has done to Jewish people, frankly, cannot be made good by giving them a piece of land.
Daniel Barenboim
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Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying.
Karen Salmansohn
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
Frances Beinecke
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What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.
Edwin Farnham Butler III Arcade Fire
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I go out every day. When I get depressed at the office, I go out, and as soon as I'm on the street and see people, I feel better. But I never go out with a preconceived idea. I let the street speak to me.
Bill Cunningham The Box Tops