“No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.”
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People Quotes — page 1086 of 5018
“In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.”
“The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation.”
“In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement of disputes... - for extending the rule of international law. For peace is not solely a matter of military or technical problems - it is primarily a problem of politics and people.”
“sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.”
“The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame.”
“Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.”
“The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the universe - these concepts have become important to me, and I hope they're at work in my life on a minute-by-minute basis.”
“The way we still essentializ, we're constantly essentializing people as merely poor, or merely other, and in the end you can't have a relationship with people. I think the biggest job of adulthood is to learn to imagine other people complexly.”
“One of the things I like about making stuff in the age of the Internet, is that people make stuff in response to it. You can see people respond to your work visually or musically or with writing.”
“You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.”
“Nothing is as boring as other people's dreams.”
“It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.”
“People always get used to beauty though.”
“When you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to love you...now, that’s the trick.”
“In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)”
“In the end the listening exposes you even more than it exposes the people you're trying to listen to.”
“When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back.”
“I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Interesting.”
“It's nice to have people who will feel guilty for you.”