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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
People

"To those who think that liberty is a good thing, and that it may someday be possible for people to live in a society fit for free, fully human individuals, a thorough education in the nature of language, its uses and abuses, seems indispensable."

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Alexander McQueen Fashion Designer
People

"I'm about what goes through people's minds. The stuff that people don't want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what's buried in people's psyches."

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Alexandre Dumas Novelist, Playwright
People

"Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum."

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Alice S Rossi Psychologist
People

"Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job,and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it."

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Allen Iverson Basketball Player
People

"This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here."

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Alton Brown Chef, Television Personality
People

"A balanced diet may be the best medicine. I was eating too much good eats. But people consider that part of your job, you know? Eat. And I do!"

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Amos Bronson Alcott Philosopher, Educator
People

"When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence."

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Amos Lee Musician
People

"I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something."

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Amy Adams Actress
People

"That's how I prepare for anything - I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I'm a bit of a nerd like that."

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Amy Grant Singer, Songwriter
People

"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."

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Amy Grant Singer, Songwriter
People

"People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing."

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Amy Jo Martin Author, Entrepreneur
People

"It's a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don't understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television."

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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist
People

"In my childhood diary I wrote: “I have decided that it is better not to love anyone, because when you love people, then you have to be separated from them, and that hurts too much."

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