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We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.

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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, and as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.

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To become indignant at [people's] conduct is as foolish as to be angry with a stone because it rolls into your path. And with many people the wisest thing you can do, is to resolve to make use of those whom you cannot alter.

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Always let losers have their words.

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We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.

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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.

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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Heart Quotes , People Quotes

April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.

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In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.

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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

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We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.

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Ten percent of people can think, another ten percent of people think that they think, and eighty percent of people would rather die than be made to think.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Thinking Quotes , People Quotes

I feel all those human beings to be pernicious who can no longer oppose what they love: they thereby ruin the best things and people.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Love Quotes , People Quotes

The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as he was before he got religion, the other one gives us a picture of him as he appeared afterward.

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In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.

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We're going to have the best educated American people in the world. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

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He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.

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Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Voice Quotes , People Quotes

Tony Blair made decisions on what he thought was best for the people of Great Britain, and I made decisions on what I thought was best for Americans. And I really don't view our relationship as one of quid pro quo. I view our relationship as one of strong allies and friends working together for the common good.

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