- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Leaving
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.
- Community-Based
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.
- Nov 07, 2020
Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.
- Let Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020