People Quotes
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People forget the good, because the bad has more punch.
Louise Erdrich
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If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive.
J. G. Ballard
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I used to always judge other people's mistakes in the mountains. I think a bit differently now. Everybody's gotten away with a mistake or poor decision out there at one point or another, but sometimes it catches up to you, or sometimes you're just plain unlucky.
Jimmy Chin
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I think it's clear that women are treated terribly, and people are allowed to say horrible things about us.
Kamala Lopez
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Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!
Fannie Flagg
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Moving to Trinidad was a great experiment. I never knew what it would do to my work or even if it would be accepted by people and not be seen as me just falling off the edge of the earth.
Chris Ofili
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I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
Bernard Hopkins
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
Eddie Trunk
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You're isolated as a writer, so I always envied people who could get up early and drive to work and fit into society.
Aram Saroyan
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I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. I want to avoid becoming too styled and too 'done' and too generic. You see people as they go through their career, and they just become more and more like everyone else.
Emma Watson
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What was called extreme 20 years ago definitely isn't extreme anymore. When I started, I remember people saying, 'Oh my God, I can't walk in that!' It was like, three inches - they look like kitten heels now.
Christian Louboutin
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I receive many letters from people hoping to research their own houses.
Kate Williams
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Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special.
Jose Andres
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If people are determined to be outraged, they will be outraged.
Daniel Hannan
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Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.
Brian Tracy
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We are going to use the truth, and we are going to use it toward the end of winning the war; and we know what would happen to the American people if we lose it.
Elmer Davis
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I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors.
Jim Gaffigan
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All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but standing apart as a different and higher being. Many people cling to this error and remain deaf to the wisest command ever given by a sage, the famous 'Know thyself' inscribed in the temple of Delphi.
Konrad Lorenz
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You do nonfiction, you get to meet people you would not normally meet.
John Gregory Dunne
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For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable - it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses.
Adam Cohen
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People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.
Jennifer Ehle
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
Olin Miller
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Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.
Yolandi Visser
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I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.
Bob Barker