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No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
Politics is of the heart as well as of the mind. Many people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
My design has always been a derivative of people I meet. I want to translate who they are and their personality into a room.
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
The only people that recognize me are the hardcore fans, and I always find that really flattering. I think it is super cool.
It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.
One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.
Most people know what to do, but they don't do what they know - because they haven't found their inner drive. Their passion.
The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent.
I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.
I don't really concentrate on Urban AC or whatever. I don't concentrate on genres or how people section off songs for radio.
I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.
whereas there are many people in the world who can give life to others, there are but few who can help others to possess it.
Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.
People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie.
I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.
When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.
I can tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the American people think. There's going to be an awful lot more body bags.
I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.
Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.
If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.
The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.
Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.
In country, as in people, a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches, to perceive which requires much living in and with.
Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country and for the good of the American people.
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this.
The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues.
A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people.
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.
I'm just a very creative and outgoing person and I love being around people and being around music. It just gives me energy.
I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.
So the CD is a great way to get yourself acquainted with some people who in three years, maybe even one year, be really big.
You want to be the best at your position. And if people think of me as one of the best ever, that's the ultimate compliment.
Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.
Start to become active in what u love DOING. People admire action, courage&real happiness far more than they admire a size 2
I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.
Because I grew up trapped in the suburbs 8 miles outside of D.C. and I've never seen what people who live in D.C. look like.
When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind.
The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina.
Armies are created to protect an established system, not people. In the future, an educated humanity will not stand for war.
In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.
When people try to take [smoking] away from me I say, 'hey, I stopped everything else.' But, I have to battle that one, too.
People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a very scientific way.