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J. D. Salinger quote: "I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think..."
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. J. D. Salinger
George Carlin quote: "I'll bet there aren't too many people hooked on crack who can..."
I'll bet there aren't too many people hooked on crack who can play the bagpipes. George Carlin
Oscar Wilde quote: "Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their..."
Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic. Oscar Wilde
Eugene V. Debs quote: "The people can have anything they want, the only problem is..."
The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything. Eugene V. Debs
Most of us, I suppose, have a secret country but for most of us it is only an imaginary country. Edmund and Lucy were luckier than other people in that respect. C. S. Lewis
their eager, childlike attention was refreshing to see as compared with the decent, deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural curiosity has been quenched in toil and care and poor, shallow comfort. John Muir
I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted empty lives. David Sedaris
Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership becausespace is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonelypeople, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord. Frank Herbert
The culture and civilization of the White man are essentially material; his measure of success is, "How much property have I acquired for myself?" The culture of the Red man is fundamentally spiritual; his measure of success is, "How much service have I rendered to my people? Ernest Thompson Seton
Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible to everyone at all times, and it is the person who refuses to be on call, rather than the importunate caller, who is considered rude. Judith Martin
[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other. Henri Nouwen
The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember. Terry Prachett
Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking? David Foster Wallace
Some people think you have more privileges than other teenagers because of what you do, and that's not it at all. It's actually the opposite Miley Cyrus
The keys to life are running and reading. When you're running, there's a little person that talks to you and says, "Oh I'm tired. My lung's about to pop. I'm so hurt. There's no way I can possibly continue." You want to quit. If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will how to not quit when things get hard in your life. For reading: there have been gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There's no new problem you could have--with your parents, with... Will Smith

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