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"People have to be given permission to write, and they have to be given space to breathe and stumble. They have to be given time to develop and to reveal what they can do."
"The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners."
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."
"While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage."
"Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans."
"In regards to being female, I don't really think about it in the same way that other people do. I prefer to focus on my job rather than my gender. I'm still amazed that people think it's a big deal."
"Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with."
"There's people been friendly But they'd never be your friends Sometimes this has bent me to the ground"
"I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, "Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've won the U.S. Open. Now can I relax." But now people are really going to be fighting to beat me."
"People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want."
"Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow."
"Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it."
"Marketing is a contest for people's attention."
"You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps"
"The less people know, the more they yell."
"And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect."
"That's why there's lots and lots of kinds of hot sauces, and not so many kinds of mustard. Not because it's hard to make interesting mustard - you could make interesting mustard - but people don't, because no one's obsessed with it, and thus no one tells their friends."
"Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change."
"I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people."
"People are afraid of changing; that they're losing something. They don't understand that they are also gaining something."
