"It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie."
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"Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people."
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"People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want."
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"A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders."
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
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"I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there."
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"I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard."
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"Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it."
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"There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision."
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"The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane."
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"People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers."
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"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious."
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"I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem."
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"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it."
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"Teachers are the one and only people who save nations."
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"Don't associate yourself with toxic people. It's better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself."
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"I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work."
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"The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business."
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"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"
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"I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile."
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