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I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits. Michel de Montaigne
Miley Cyrus quote: "You can't stop people from talking about you, but you can stop..."
You can't stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about. Miley Cyrus
Saul Bellow quote: "It seems, after all that there are no nonpeculiar people."
It seems, after all that there are no nonpeculiar people. Saul Bellow
You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; you need people around you, things going on, otherwise life is like some film where the money ran out, and there are no sets, or locations, or supporting actors, and it's just one bloke on his own staring into the camera with nothing to do and nobody to speak to, and who'd believe in this character then? Nick Hornby
Alexander Dumas quote: "There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people..."
There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible. Alexander Dumas
True intercession involves bringing the person, or the circumstance that seems to be crashing in on you, before God, until you are changed by His attitude toward that person or circumstance. People describe intercession by saying, "It is putting yourself in someone else’s place." That is not true! Intercession is putting yourself in God’s place; it is having His mind and His perspective. Oswald Chambers
Terry Prachett quote: "What was the point of education, he thought, if people went..."
What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it? Terry Prachett
Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different. Martin Luther King jr.
Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean. Terry Prachett
A. A. Milne quote: "It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people..."
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all. A. A. Milne
At the beginning of the day, when you're doing a show like this, you want to entertain and you want people to have a really fun time...but at the end of the day you want them to walk out feeling changed and taking something more away from it...and it's really kind of rare that you get to do that all in the same night. John Gallagher
Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity. Neal Stephenson
The same thing is happening to me as happens to people in dreams when they see and feel a wound but can't remember having received it. Alexander Dumas
She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time. Azar Nafisi
In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned. Jules Verne

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