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"We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians."
"If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected."
"Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content."
"The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example."
"You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life."
"My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV."
"The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life might appear ordinary simply because the person living it had been doing so for a long time."
"People can be cruelest to those they love."
"You have to be able to appreciate these things. How many people can say it was a full moon last night and appreciate it?"
"Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that."
"People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning."
"All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in."
"I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing."
"(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people."
"Good people end up in Hell because they can't forgive themselves."
"As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can only say that Christianity includes hell, eternal torture for the vast majority of humanity, for most of your relatives and friends. . . . If I could feel that I had robbed anybody of his faith in hell, I should not be ashamed or regretful."
"My life, like most people's, has been negatively affected by cancer, and the thought of my young children living in an age where this is no longer humanity's No. 1 health fear was simply overpowering."
"Let people have an education and you can't stop them."
"Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?"
"People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes."
