“Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.”
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People Quotes — page 567 of 5018
“I hate going out in Brighton now. It's different in London. People respect you more there.”
“It's the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.”
“People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.”
“No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all.”
“Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.”
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
“Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see if you don't doubt whether you actually exist. I look at my hands half expecting to see clear through them.”
“What's really important here," I whispered loudly to myself,"is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have”
“Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.”
“People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.”
“What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.”
“The dullness of certain people is sometimes a sufficient security against the attack of an artful man.”
“Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.”
“The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.”
“People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.”
“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.”
“The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.”
“Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.”
“Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or an excuse for their own boredom. I did not care for young people.”