Quotes 2801 till 2820 of 4584.
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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be ''consistent.''
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People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
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People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I may make the suggestion with due qualification, they often have a hell of a lot more fun than we have.
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People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.
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People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.
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People would rather sleep their way through life than stay awake for it.
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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
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People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.
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People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
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Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.
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Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
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Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.
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Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
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