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Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.
I love it when people ask if Jennifer Weiner is a pen name. Um, if I wanted a pen name I could have done a LOT better than this!
Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.
In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.
See, that's the thing about L.A.- When you've mastered the art of feeling lonely in a room full of people, that's when you know.
If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.
People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.
To be honest, when I can feel that a lot of people are watching me, I get a little scared, but at the same time, it inspires me.
I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.
What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.
When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.
I'm investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods. Perfect, it will keep him occupied. In what capacity? Bait.
I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people.
I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.'
We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.
[T]he people of Iraq have spoken to the world, and the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East.
Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. Its so fashion-obsessed that people dont pay that much attention to the food.
Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.
People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.
These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking round.
One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.
The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.
Content will become more important than navigation. Content is the 'there' of navigation. It is the reason people go on the Net.
In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.
I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music. I had to figure out that was way more important than being addicted.
Most enlightened people can do miracles. Some have powers, some don't. Some people who have developed powers aren't enlightened.
The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy anyone.
Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
I think people have come to expect that in artistic representation; that every work of art should be a work of extravagant hope.
Some people who look at abstract art say 'I could do that.' A good response is, 'Go ahead but then you'll be accused of copying.
Let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.
Don't expect people to behave perfectly-after all, they are people, with all of the faults and frailties of the human condition.
You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar.
The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace.
If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.
There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.
Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.
Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.
Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, you know where you stand.
Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip.
There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard
The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.
I think people dream in their own way, dreams are extremely personal, even from person to person. They are completely individual.
Standing in public in other people's clothes, pretending to be someone else. It's a strange way for a grown man to make a living.
The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent.
I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.
The world treats beautiful people like they're good at something, which makes it so that they almost never get good at something.
Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.