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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
People

"Only when we succeed in creating such an order under which people receive for their labor from the society not according to the quantity and quality of labor, but according to their needs, will it be possible to say that we have built up a communist society."

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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
People

"I fail to see what dangers surrounding states can see in the ideas of the Soviet people if these states are really firmly seated in their saddles."

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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
People

"Our society consists exclusively of free working people of cities and villages, workers, peasants, intelligentsia. Each of these strata may have its special interests and express them in numerous existing organizations."

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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
People

"In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic."

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Julia Child Chef, Author, Television Personality
People

"A passionate interest in what you do is the secret of enjoying life...whether it is helping old people or children, or making cheese or growing earthworms."

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Julia Child Chef, Author, Television Personality
People

"Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured."

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Julian Huxley Biologist
People

"We are beginning to realize that even the most fortunate people are living far below capacity, and that most human beings develop not more than a small fraction of their potential mental and spiritual efficiency. The human race, in fact, is surrounded by a large area of unrealized possibilities, a challenge to the spirit of exploration."

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Jerry Lee Lewis Musician
People

"Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent."

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Jeff Smith Chef
People

"Smiley Bone: You can't feel safe unless there's something to be safe against! Phoney Bone: Exactly! People like to be victims! There's a certain unassailable moral superiority about it."

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