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But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.
Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.
I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.
I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.
Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.
Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.
Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.
When I was young, people lived paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.
No matter what, I think people are trying to better themselves, or to better their situation, or to find something new and exciting.
People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism.
The people of the future will say, 'meat-eaters!' in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.
I'm a homebody, but I make people come to me, like, 'Everyone just come over, and we can have fun at my house.' I love to entertain.
People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
You can’t let the fear of what people might say or think stop you from doing what you want to do or else we would never do anything.
It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.
Being confronted with the realization that work you intended to benefit people is being used against them has a radicalizing effect.
People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.
You know what ? Certain people think they will feel good if certain things happen The trick is : you have to feel good for no reason
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
I've read and heard a lot of unbelievable stuff about those times when people lived in freedom -- that is, in disorganized wildness.
I'm a businessman. I work for business people. The kind of thing they say is: Now we've sold a lot of records, let's sell some more.
In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.
The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.
The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is a terrific artist.
Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.
I don't think movies can ever be too intense, but people have to understand why you're showing them the things you are showing them.
This problem with illegal immigration is nothing new. In fact, the Indians had a special name for it. They called it "white people."
I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.
I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.
The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.
Well, I think of the folks who are the climate deniers as the flat Earthers and the people who say the moon landings never happened.
This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
People often ask if I have a favorite song that I've written. And the answer is yes, but it depends on the day and what mood I'm in.
If you touch the hearts of people you can get people's minds to change, but you have to show them the beauty of not aborting a life.
The thinking man always finds himself in a gigantic orphanage in which people are continually proving to him that he has no parents.
When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice.
I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it
What most people don't understand about failure in innovation is that it's an investment. It's actually an investment in experience.
I don't accept the term 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.
My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.
I'm sick and tired of you people living interstate and overseas from people you want to be with. You're ruining my life! All of you!
I think what's so interesting for people is that I don't take it so seriously and yet I am still immersed in the [fashion] industry.
I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am.
When they first arrive, really, my eyes bleed! It's only when they're about to leave that they become people you might want to know.
Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.
To have to liberate everybody doesn't sound very free to me. You're gong to go liberate people who maybe don't want to be liberated.