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"The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue."
"Only comedies can get you that engaged in a movie, dramas people just sort of sit there and eat their popcorn and nothing really happens, they might cry a little bit, but that's it. Horror movies are talking at the screen, guys are elbowing each other, laughing at each other because they got scared. That's the beauty of a horror movie."
"I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn't shift until it does, and when it does shift, it's right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can't be pushed ahead of our own understanding."
"Everyone needs some time to unwind. There are even coloring book clubs popping up in every state now, so it's not such an isolating experience. People are getting together specifically to color. It's amazing."
"So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live."
"Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are."
"A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind."
"When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off."
"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private."
"My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom."
"In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be there to see it - but it"s why we live, why we work. It"s why we suffer. We"re creating it. That"s the purpose of our existence. The only happiness we can know is to work toward that goal."
"Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it."
"Democracy is when the people keep a government in check."
"Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love...it's: Wow, life is good."
"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."
"You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them."
"People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working."
"Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do."
"People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most."
"Choose to be in close proximity to people who are empowering...wh o see the greatness in you!"
