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Bob Dylan quote: "There is no equality. The only thing people all have in common..."
There is no equality. The only thing people all have in common is that they are all going to die. Bob Dylan
You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them. Larry King
Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside. George Bernard Shaw
What sorts of sin?"Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural. Elspeth Huxley
Everyone is aware that tremendous numbers of people concentrate in city downtowns and that, if they did not, there would be no downtown to amount to anything--certainly not one with much downtown diversity. Jane Jacobs
Alphonse Karr quote: "Some people grumble that Roses have thorns; I'm grateful that..."
Some people grumble that Roses have thorns; I'm grateful that thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr
I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me. J. D. Salinger
All right," said Eden. "After all, we've got to hide somewhere. And even if they move on a bit faster than we can, they'll still leave signs, won't they?"Yes, they'll drip blood and leave echoes of people laughing," said Timon in a dark voice. Eden looked at him apprehensively. But then Timon laughed himself. "Joking! Joking! Only joking!" he cried, and Eden nodded, echoing his laughter rather uncertainly. Margaret Mahy
She wished there was some place where she could go to hum it out loud. Some kind of music was too private to sing in a house cram fall of people. It was funny, too, how lonesome a person could be in a crowded house. Carson McCullers
You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future. John Steinbeck
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. Ray Bradbury
The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances on any subject cross like interarching searchlights. Edith Wharton
Bertrand Russell quote: "Very few people are able to discount the effect of..."
Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters. Bertrand Russell
In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow. Mikhail Lermontov
I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and loveless. Others, of the simplest field flowers, with hearts full of dew and with all the tints of celestial beauty reflected in their modest petals. Anais Nin

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