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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.
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When people call something a 'fail,' it's because you tried to accomplish something but didn't make it. If you're just walking down the street and something bad just happens to you, that's not really a fail on your part. You might call that situation a fail.
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When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.
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When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.
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When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.
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When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.
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When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change
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When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.
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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign - a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they don't want to hear the word mentioned.
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When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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When promise and patience are wearing thin, When endurance is almost driven in, When our angels stand in a waiting hush, Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.
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When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.
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When reproached for spending too much time with books and clerks, Charles answered, As long as knowledge is honored in this country, so long will it prosper.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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