- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way.
- Complicated
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- Nov 07, 2020
People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those many connections you make has the potential to become a high point or a low point in someone's day.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless.
- Family History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.
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- Nov 07, 2020