"I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!"
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"I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works."
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"I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman."
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"She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities."
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"You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set."
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"It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each other's bodies and you're coming together for the first time in front of all these people."
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"When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, "Gee, that's like Uncle David", or "That's like a friend of mine.". And they related through that. I didn't make fun of them. I made fun of me."
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"I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do."
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"I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so."
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"I want people to think they can't die until they see me play."
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"I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me."
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"Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world."
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"...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner. Everyone seems to forget the poor white farmer."
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"It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad."
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"It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius."
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"A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for."
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"Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired."
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"A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers."
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"I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot."
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"It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them."
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