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When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.
TV shows and stuff give people in the show business very bad names. I'm not going to name any shows, but a lot of shows.
I'm a United States senator, and I have a responsibility to the people of my state - also to the people of this country.
Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures.
People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.
People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven.
People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.
Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people.
Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.
I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don't know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.
I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the world.
I would say that it's probably impossible for a lot of people to even think what H.P. Lovecraft's theological state was.
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.
I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.
I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.
Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do, and eventually you’ll wake up to find yourself doing the same.
Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa
People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
This is a world inhabited not by people who have to be persuaded to believe but by people who want an excuse to believe.
I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.
I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.
For me, what's wonderful for me at this stage of my life is that I get to work with people I've admired for a long time.
Set your expectations and goals so high that people think they're impossible, that's when you know you set them too low.
Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.
When people come over to my house for dinner, I always have a vegetarian option. They can make do, or they can **** off!
Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on it.
If you really want to end income inequality, I've got the way to fix it. People who don't work shouldn't get any income.
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit?
I'm grateful for the people who watch everyday because if the viewers don't tune in, I don't have a job and I know that.
There's always elements of danger in New York but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it? Serve it to toy people.
I don't think anyone knows anything and I don't trust people who say that they do. Don't give me a plan, give me action.
San Francisco is really fun and liberal, and it's my kind of politics. It's like being Jewish in front of Jewish people.
If I became just a brain in a jar - as long as I can communicate back and forth with people, that would be okay with me.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life.....many people may say they were crazy risks.
Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be.
The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.
Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.
I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
People wanted to have fun more than they wanted to learn from their music, and that's where the shift started to happen.
People die when you crowd the streets of New York City with protesters. You can do plenty of protesting on the sidewalk.
Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
People always say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but really that's what I see life is about... you have to change.
I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."