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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
I keep my eyes open. I pay attention to how different types of people express their personal style, how they put their clothes together.
Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.
To be alone as a pioneerlike we were, was difficult. My strategy was not only to help the people, or transform the world, but to do both
You can't expect drive and compassion from everyone who enters your life, but you have to demand it of the people you are creating with.
Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.
A lot of people seem nice when you first meet them. Then later you find out that they are evil villains who plan to take over the world.
Houses, like people, have personalities, and, like the personalities of people, they are partly molded by all that has happened to them.
The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
I always tell people that if you get upset over what someone says, imagine him or her with a clown's nose on and you won't get so angry.
Some people we know in our lives come up to a crossroads, and they could go left or right, and then end up in a totally different place.
When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.
Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.
I don't like the midnight closing on weekends. It's one thing to tell people they have to drive to Jiffy Lube Live in the outer suburbs.
The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.
I knew South Africa was going to change; you can't keep people down forever. It's unnatural. Somehow something had to crack, and it did.
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.
I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!
Right now my taste is going more for things that are organic where the people are using all the sonic possibilities in interesting ways.
There's only one true superpower amongst human beings, and that is being funny. People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.
I am not in favor of imposing happiness on people. Everyone has a right to his bad wine, to his stupidity, and to his dirty fingernails.
I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television.
I'm trying to phase out my availability on the phone. People call you when you're walking down the street and say the most random stuff.
I remember a time when it was ok to make fun of politicians and powerful people. Now, it's not ok anymore. We've forgotten how to laugh.
People are really hesitant about expressing that they don't know something - but what's the big deal? I'm not ashamed about that at all.
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.
I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.
No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.
It's important that women support women. It gives me a great sense of well-being to know that I can make a difference in people's lives.
Most people have music in the center of their lives. I believe my work sheds light on how music affects us and why it is so influential.
Fame is protection if you go to a scary place. Fame is fun. A lot of people don't say anything and you don't know they know who you are.
People always say, "When did you know you were funny?" They don't mean that in a bad way - this already makes me sound like such a jerk.
I choose to believe that the same God who intervened to bring his Son back to life intervened on this day in history to help his people.
Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.
I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.
I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.
Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.
Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.
It always seems crazy to tell people what to expect. That never works! So, I don't know what to say, other than that they can expect me.
People shouldn't take my lack of interest in what they're saying personally. I don't really care about what I'm saying most of the time.
It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others.
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?
A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.
People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.