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Pharrell Williams Musician, Producer
People

"I'm like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light."

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Damian Green Politician
People

"A form of conservatism that makes clear we have problems in this country, it's not just about individualism, we have to help people who feel they're being failed by the system."

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Barbara Kingsolver Author, Biologist
People

"You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love."

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
People

"There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end."

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Emma Stone Actress
People

"I could never be Charlie Chaplin. But the films that were made by people like him, or Gene Wilder, or John Candy, the people that inspired me so much were the people that were able to combine humor with heartbreak so beautifully and fluidly. Those films I think were what inspired me to want to come to L.A. and audition for movies."

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Emmitt Smith American Football Player
People

"I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing."

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Epictetus Philosopher
People

"What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings."

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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
People

"What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal."

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Eva Green Actress
People

"Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me."

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Eva Green Actress
People

"To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
People

"Fortunately, in her kindness and patience, Nature has never put the fatal question as to the meaning of their lives into the mouths of most people. And where no one asks, no one needs to answer."

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Carl Lewis Athlete
People

"People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well."

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