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For The People Quotes (page 122)

H. G. Wells quote: "But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very..."
But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells
We give violent movies a pass but come down hard on a rapper like Scarface, who is ultimately a storyteller just like Brian de Palma. And neither of them is responsible for the poverty and violence that really do shape people's lives--not to mention their individual choices. Jay-Z
As for the fact that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle apeared to be going their different ways when they were usually inseparable, these things happened as people got older--Ron and Hermione, Harry reflected sadly, were living proof. J. K. Rowling
We all know that the people we love are mortal, we all know we’re mortal, we know it’s going to end; you cannot prepare yourself for it. J. K. Rowling
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap Abraham Lincoln
O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and nakedness and danger and sword and gun and terrorist would turn us not into fearful complainers, but bold heralds of good news. John Piper
She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that only she can recognize in a mirror. Ideal and idealistic in that shiny dark hair! People fall in love with her. She is a woman I don’t know well enough to hold in my wing, if writers have wings, to harbour for the rest of my life. Michael Ondaatje
She realized for the first time that two people can never reach each others deepest feelings and instincts, that they spend their lives side by side, linked it may be, but not mingled, and that each one's inmost being must go through life eternally alone. Guy de Maupassant
Oscar Wilde quote: "Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for..."
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others. Oscar Wilde
But we do believe in religion—at least for other people. It is a means of marketing hope, and of instilling ethical precepts on the cheap. It is also a form of discipline. Christopher Hitchens
Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. Laurell K. Hamilton
I will love myself, and my body, for what it can do- because it is strong enough to lift, to walk, to ride a bicyle up a hill, to embrace the people I love and hold them fully, and to nurture a new life. I will love myself because I am sturdy. Because I did not -will not- break. Jennifer Weiner
Abraham Lincoln quote: "Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. Abraham Lincoln
She thought for the first time, with happiness: perhaps I have a life in people's minds when I am not there to be seen or talked to. Graham Greene
"I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings." Vladimir Nabokov

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