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  • Bernard Mandeville People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Adam Smith People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Thomas Szasz People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Bill Murray People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Richard Nixon People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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  • Ben Mezrich People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.
    Ben Mezrich
     
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  • Ben Simmons People say a lot of things about LeBron, but he just keeps having a good mentality and grinding. That's what I try to do, proving people wrong by what I do on the court.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Jimmy Connors People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.
    Jimmy Connors
    American tennis player (1952 - )
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  • George H.W. Bush People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.
    George H.W. Bush
    American politician and president (41st) (1924 - 2018)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Joan Rivers People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.
    Joan Rivers
    American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer (1933 - 2014)
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  • Robert J. Ringer People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.
    Robert J. Ringer
    American writer
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  • Brenda Blethyn People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.
    Brenda Blethyn
    English actress (1946 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Candice Bergen People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.
    Candice Bergen
    American actress (1946 - )
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  • Bob Ross People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.
    Bob Ross
    American painter, art instructor and television personality (1942 - 1995)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Henry S. Haskins People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
    Henry S. Haskins
    American stockbroker and man of letters (1875 - 1957)
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  • Andy Warhol People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television - you don't feel anything.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Clark Kenneth People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.
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