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Richard Pryor quote: "You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're..."
You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool. Richard Pryor
Is this some kind of joke?"That's for me to know and you to find out."Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit suicide."Are you about to?"And what if I was?"I wouldn't tell you the gorgeous reasons I have discovered for going on living."What would you do?"I'd ask you to name the rock-bottom price you'd charge to go on living for just one more week. Kurt Vonnegut
The girl in your class who suggests that this year the Drama Club put on The Bald Soprano will be a thorn in people's sides all of her life. Fran Lebowitz
Craig Ferguson quote: "With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people..."
With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people you’re parodying. Craig Ferguson
I loved racing, and I loved being a cyclist, but I struggled with the people and the environment. The world of doping and the law of silence - the omert - that went with it were eroding my self-respect. David Millar
I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become. Azar Nafisi
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox. Nicholas Sparks
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they..."
Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers. W. Somerset Maugham
T. H. White quote: "It is good to put your life in other people's hands."
It is good to put your life in other people's hands. T. H. White
The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed? Gordon B. Hinckley
Seth Godin quote: "The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in...."
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. Seth Godin
Virginia Woolf quote: "I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls."
I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls. Virginia Woolf
I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves. Oscar Wilde
It considered trying to explain their error to them, but what would be the use? They would only go away with hurt feelings. You can't always expect people, or squirrels, to be rational. Thomas M. Disch
Mervyn Peake quote: "Oh how I hate people!"
Oh how I hate people! Mervyn Peake

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