"I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves."
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"Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people."
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"It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing."
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"As I get older, I'm more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me"
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"A lot of people spend their time just floating/ We were victims together but lonely."
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"I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution."
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"In our play we reveal what kind of people we are."
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"A lot of people manage to find common ground and not let disagreements or tensions build up and destroy them, and other people break up or get divorced. I don't think anything is ever going to change that situation. You simply try to find an accommodation and an understanding with another person and work from there."
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"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome."
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"It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people."
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"Why do I beat a lot of people? Because I love it so much, that’s why. Everything about Jiu Jitsu, I love it – the school, the mat, the ring. I always believe that. Maybe I am not better than my opponent, but I know for sure I love my training more."
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"People don't want other people to be people."
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"People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love."
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"Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from the tendency on our own shores to centralize power, to trust bureaucracies rather than people."
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"Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything."
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"[In 2007] People's relationship with a brand is becoming a dialog, not a monolog."
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"I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there."
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"Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me - because I recognized that, within me, there is this flame, of wishing it were better, wishing people had better lives, that there was more of an authentic sharing and harmony with nature."
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"Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others."
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"It is hard to convince people of this, but oatmeal truly is miraculous. It gives you an amazing amount of energy, like cocaine."
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