Quotes with not-so-funny

Quotes 6161 till 6180 of 10331.

  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Adele People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.
    Adele
    English singer-songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Earl Nightingale People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Assata Shakur People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they put me through. I miss African American culture, our speech, dance and cooking.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Brett Ratner People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has happened.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Billy Childish People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.
    Billy Childish
    English painter, author, poet and photographer (1959 - )
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  • Thich Nhat Hanh People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
    Thich Nhat Hanh
    Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (1926 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Swami Ramdas People do not know what the Name of God can do. Those who repeat it constantly alone know its power. It can purify our mind completely... The Name can take us to the summit of spiritual experience.
    Swami Ramdas
    Indian saint, philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim (1884 - 1963)
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  • Victor Hugo People do not lack strength; they lack will.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Isadora Duncan People do not live nowadays. They get about 10% out of life.
    Isadora Duncan
    American Dancer (1877 - 1927)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Alice Walker People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh People don't want to be understood, I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left.
    Bring Me a Unicorn (1971)
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • Brooks Atkinson People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Cass McCombs People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
    Cass McCombs
    American musician (1977 - )
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  • Adrian Edmondson People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh.
    Adrian Edmondson
    British actor (1957 - )
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