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"According to Marx, socialism is the first stage of communism and it covers a very long historical period in which we must practise the principle "to each according to his work" and combine the interests of the state, the collective and the individual, for only thus can we arouse people's enthusiasm for labour and develop socialist production."
"There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people."
"Losing friends and spouses is an inevitable part of aging, and many people have a tendency to go quietly into semi-isolation. Instead, set your intention on expanding and deepening the love in your life."
"Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves."
"No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it"
"Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can it be dismissed as science fiction; we are already feeling the effects."
"I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches."
"You have to be yourself otherwise people won't know who you are."
"It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day."
"This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time."
"When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch."
"Powerful people never educate powerless people in what they need that they can use to take the power away from powerful people; it's too much to expect. If I was in power, I would not educate people in how to take my powers away."
"All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don't catch horses going around looking like people, do you?"
"People ought to be one of two things, young or dead."
"Lets choose to do something really difficult, something that saves lives, and let's do that thing with people we love."
"Some people out there don't have life."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"I hate hateful people."
"I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am."
"The streets were full of insane & dull people. Most of them lived in nice houses and didn't seem to work, and you wondered how they did it."
