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Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.
From what I can tell, pollsters are generally fairly stick-to-the-facts folks. They deal in facts and statistics.
When folks decide they love any institution more than the individual souls inside them, they're missing the mark.
I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'
I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.
The recommendation when I'm mentoring folks, I always tell them - and we talked about this last year - take a risk.
You think you can govern separate from our Constitution? That's the foundation of progressivism right there, folks.
Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I'm going to do something called life and times.
We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit.
Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind.
Do you know how big of an insult that is to me - to say that I had to be brave to confront some ignorant white folks?
Anne Carson and Angela Carter are folks I hold close to my heart because they have such unique ways of telling stories.
Entrepreneurship is usually about people executing in the face of other folks telling them that it's not going to work.
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.
What is true and what most folks think is that there is no sound in space. From almost all recollections, I would agree.
We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing.
If you're going to talk about politics, then there are going to be folks who are with you and folks that are against you.
We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.
John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.
It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job.
This is how deeply rooted stories are, folks. We crave them before we can walk, and we start telling them before we can talk.
When we hire someone, even if they are going to be in marketing, I will have them talk to the design folks and the engineers.
I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
Our folks at the FBI are working their tails off every day to stop and find criminals, terrorists, and nation-state adversaries.
If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.
You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.
[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.
Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.
Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.
If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.
There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.
Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.
I don't talk to old people; they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas and constantly moving forward.
A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge as the world asketh.
No tummy showing, no cleavage, no leg show - those were the rules laid down by my folks! But yeah, I am the original thong girl in India.
The thing that warms my heart is people. I have just met so many kind folks that want to just pat you on the back and say, 'We love you.'
Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity.
Atlanta is interesting. You have high education rates but there are plenty of regular folks. People have degrees but chop wood on weekends.
The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.
A lot of folks feel like my brother and me or other politicians chart out their careers from Day 1 until the end. I've never been like that.
I think it's important that the lived experiences and the point of view of L.G.B.T. folks be included in conversations that affect all of us.
You want to see a war on women? Come with me to Iraq and Afghanistan, folks. I've been there 35 times. I will show you what they do to women.
We have lots of students graduating from our high schools, and you import the labor, then we're not giving that opportunity to our own folks.
In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.
Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'
It's almost impossible to have a constructive conversation about health-care reform in Arkansas without passions rising and folks taking sides.