"I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences."
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"There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
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"If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."
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"The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity."
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"Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure."
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"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return."
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"It's the disease of thinking that a having a great idea is really 90% of the work. And if you just tell people, 'here's this great idea,' then of course they can go off and make it happen. The problem with that is that there's a tremendous amount of craftsmanship between a having a great idea and having a great product."
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"I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it."
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"I want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for a reason. It's not just to make people happy and get people to dance and sing, to feel an escape. It's also to get people to listen and to bring important issues to the forefront."
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"I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out"
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"The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist."
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"People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad."
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"A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives"
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"Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships."
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"Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing."
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"People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it."
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"I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me."
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"No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed."
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"To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process."
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"People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone."
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