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"The people who excel in any field are people who realize that the moment is there to be seized-that there are opportunities at every turn. They are more alive to the moment."
"The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing."
"People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long."
"Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone."
"Hegel's philosophy is so odd that one would not have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound. It can quite easily be expounded lucidly in words of one syllable, but then its absurdity becomes obvious."
"Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any "great ideal" which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting pain on their enemies. Good wine needs no bush, and good morals need no bated breath."
"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."
"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level."
"The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others."
"I can only say that, while my own opinions as to ethics do not satisfy me, other people's satisfy me still less."
"People are said to believe in God, or to disbelieve in Adam and Eve. But in such cases what is believed or disbelieved is that there is an entity answering a certain description. This, which can be believed or disbelieved is quite different from the actual entity (if any) which does answer the description. Thus the matter of belief is, in all cases, different in kind from the matter of sensation or presentation, and error is in no way analogous to hallucination. A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it."
"I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them."
"There are several things iconic about Sissy Hickey character - even just sounds. Like, "Awww." People love that sound! "Awww." I actually didn't want to do the role, because I didn't think I looked like a smoker - even though I used to be a smoker."
"Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people."
"Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company"
"For one thing, there's an essential human factor in every business endeavor. It doesn't matter if you have a perfect product, production plan and marketing pitch; you'll still need the right people to lead and implement those plans."
"The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice."
"Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career."
"Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way."
"We need to start thinking about the future of food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way that does not destroy our environment."
