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Barack Obama quote: "A change is brought about because ordinary people do..."
A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things. Barack Obama
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep! Rumi
Douglas Adams quote: "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem."
To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. Douglas Adams
Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Terry Prachett
The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon. Kurt Vonnegut
Terry Prachett quote: "Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of..."
Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people. Terry Prachett
Well...you know, you can influence all kinds of people, but sometimes it gets in the way -- especially if somebody is accusing you of influencing somebody that you had no interest in influencing in the first place. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan quote: "It's easier to be me than someone else. But just like most..."
It's easier to be me than someone else. But just like most famous people, I just want to be left alone most of the time. Bob Dylan
What could I do? My needlework teacher suffered from a problem of vision. She recognised things according to expectation and environment. If you were in a particular place, you expected to see particular things. Sheep and hills, sea and fish; if there was an elephant in the supermarket, she’d either not see it at all, or call it Mrs Jones and talk about fishcakes. But most likely, she’d do what most people do when confronted with something they don’t understand: Panic. Jeanette Winterson
E. M. Forster quote: "Science explains people, but cannot understand them."
Science explains people, but cannot understand them. E. M. Forster
She'd lived through something the rest of them could never imagine. So much torture and horror that she didn't need to tell people about it. She'd never need drama or joy or pain ever again. Chuck Palahniuk
You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. Cheryl Strayed
How did you know what's been killing me? Slowly, for years, driving me to hate people when I don't want to hate... Have you felt it, too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you--except the things that count? And your most important is nothing to them, nothing, not even a sound they can recognize. You mean, you want to hear? You want to know what I do and why I do it, you want to know what I think? It's not boring to you? It's important? Ayn Rand
C.-C.: Tell me frankly, Kitty, don't you think people make a lot of unnecessary fuss about love? LADY KITTY: It's the most wonderful thing in the world. C.-C.: You're incorrigible. Do you really think it was worth sacrificing so much for? LADY KITTY: My dear Clive, I don't mind telling you that if I had my time over again I should be unfaithful to you, but I should not leave you. W. Somerset Maugham
The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you. Candace Bushnell

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