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People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.
Certainly, I, as an audience, am stricken with terror if I see only two people onstage. And one person, I think, is even harder for people to take.
There really is confusion out there. Finding common ground sounds good. But the reality is, a lot of people on all sides have a stake in the fight.
Some people know me because of my music and come and see me in my concerts but you very rarely see me or hear me in press or TV or radio magazines.
I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through the characters.
In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other willy-nilly.
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.
I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.
The thing you always have to remember is, you look at people and they might look like a failure but there's often a narrow thing they do very well.
Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens.
The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.
It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.
My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.
In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved.
It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful thing creepy.
There's this presence of these missing people and this lost community that I felt but could not see, and that was a very strange dissonance for me.
Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away
When you have a bad game the social network isn't exactly your best friend. People tend to go after you a little bit, but I don't let it bother me.
I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.
I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States.
I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it wrong.' I can't bear that!
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...
People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.
My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.
My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can.
War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about.
Mere good governance is not enough; it has to be pro-people and pro-active. Good governance is putting people at the center of development process.
Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.
Cos people think I'm on drugs and I'm not. I'm really quite... Just a bit of coffee. When I take drugs I start going, Oh, would you like insurance?
This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people
I don't think my lyrics go so well when I try to sound poetic. Some people do that really well. If I did that I'd feel like it wouldn't be genuine.
I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous.
Oral history interviews allow us to document and chronicle people's stories; stories that might otherwise not be included in the historical record.
People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy.
You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.
There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.
I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.
Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.
After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.
The most lucrative work I have done is presenting primetime TV shows. I do not know what other people earn but a six-figure salary is not uncommon.
If people spend two hours thinking about the direction of their own lives and can relate to the stories they see on screen, to me that's a success.
I think that the Democrats can be successful nationally in the future if we are able to capture some of the complexity of people's lives right now.
I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.
I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.