People Quotes - Page 11

• I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life.

  Rumi

  Life, Death, Taste

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• All power is inherent in the people.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Gun, Strong Arms, Second Amendment

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.404

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• The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Latin, Voice, Vox Populi

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• The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible, exception of stupidity.

  Will Rogers

  Stupidity, Intellectual, Forgiving

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• It is a government of the people by the people for the people no longer it is a government of corporations by corporations for corporations

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Government, Political, Economic Globalization

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• The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Peace, Freedom

  Quoted in Gustave M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary (1947).

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• But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Pay, England, Forget

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Secret People”

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• Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.

  Dorothee Solle

  Death, Fear, Blessing

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• Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

  Judith Guest

  Reality, May, Faces

  Judith Guest (1982). “Ordinary People”, p.93, Penguin

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• Of the people, by the people, for the people.

  Sun Yat-sen

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Democracies Have

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• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

  Witter Bynner

  Leadership, Boss, Tao Te Ching

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• Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!

  Andrew Murray

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

  Alan Rickman

  Destiny, Government, Where We Come

  "Interview: Alan Rickman on “Nobel Son”". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 4.

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• It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Friendship, Family, Wisdom

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt On Death And The Dark Knight". Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com. September 30, 2011.

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• A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world.

  Shekhar Kapur

  Inspirational, Relationship, Motivation

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• There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque.

  Roland Barthes

  Sports, Wrestling, Thinking

  Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”

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• What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Life, Expectations, Heaven

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.6, Random House

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• Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that all humankind are related to each other. Each has a purpose, spirit and sacredness. It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways. And in this understanding we believe we are related to all other living species.

  Dennis Banks

  Believe, Native American, Understanding

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• Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

  Dee Hock

  Educational, Stupid, Intelligent

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• The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Equality, Race

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• You may consider yourself an individual, but as a cell biologist, I can tell you that you are in truth a cooperative community of approximately fifty trillion single-celled citizens.

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Single, Cells, Community

  Bruce H. Lipton (2010). “The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles: Easyread Large Edition”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you have the capacity to be more than one thing , do everything that's inside of you.

  T. D. Jakes

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Twitter post from Jun 6, 2017

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• People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

  Frederick Douglass

  Life, Freedom, Work

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• Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined.

  Bob Iger

  Jobs, Legacy, Culture

  "Colleagues, friends react to Steve Jobs' death, www.cnn.com. October 5, 2011.

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