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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Funny

“There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too.”

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Lonely

“I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Grateful

“Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Philosophical

“Sexual enlightenment is that hardhearted process which for hygienic reasons forbids young people to satisfy their curiosity themselves.”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Philosophical

“Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Thoughtful

“It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Philosophical

“What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any more beautiful?”

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
Spiritual

“I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.”

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Funny

“People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.”

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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
Happy

“The world will be for the common people, and the sounds of Happiness will reach even the deepest springs.”

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Indira Gandhi Politician
Determined

“I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.”

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Indira Gandhi Politician
Confident

“Do you know why I won the last elections? It was because the people liked me, yes, because I had worked, yes, but also because the opposition had behaved badly toward me. And do you know why I won this war? Because my army was able to do it, yes, but also because the Americans were on the side of Pakistan.”

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist
Spiritual

“Luck serves ... as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny.”

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Mao Zedong Politician, Revolutionary
Sad

“The People's democratic dictatorship is based on the alliance of the working class, the peasantry and the urban petty bourgeoisie, and mainly on the alliance of the workers and the peasants, because these two classes comprise 80 to go per cent of China's population. These two classes are the main force in overthrowing imperialism and the Kuomintang reactionaries. The transition from New Democracy to socialism also depends mainly upon their alliance.”

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Kate Brown Politician
Motivated

“I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.”

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Jack Nicholson Actor, Filmmaker
Calm

“It's difficult for people sometimes to recognise when they're happy. People sometimes seem to me to be afraid to be happy.”

Gary Vaynerchuk Entrepreneur, Author
Creative

“Whether you're an entrepreneur, a small business, or a Fortune 500 company, great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. That's a constant. What's always in flux, especially in this noisy, mobile world, is how, when, and where the story gets told, and even who gets to tell all of it.”