"It is nobler to love the person next to you than to love mankind in general."
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"You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself."
"The trick is to love somebody.... If you love one person, you see everybody else differently."
"I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately."
"Always do more than what you get paid for. It makes you a valuable person."
"There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person."
"Yoga probably makes me a better person."
"I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others."
"I'm not a macroeconomics person."
"Relating a person to the whole world: that is the meaning of cinema."
"The gift you offer another person is just your being."
"I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person"
"The person you are matters more than the place to which you go."
"The only person I know, is the person I want to be"
"The sum total of all the cells in an organism is one person; so each soul is like one cell and the sum of them is God, and beyond that is the Absolute."
"A person's strength is to know their weaknesses."
"The person you are most afraid to contradict is yourself."
"A person creates what they defend against."
"I can't believe that person on the television is really me."
"An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."