- Confidence
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when we were going to release 'Dancing On My Own,' and I went into the record label crying to them that I was terrified people wouldn't support me anymore if they knew I was gay.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been sending out demos and CDs for years. I knew my stuff was good enough, but I was getting nowhere. Then, three people - my future manager and two publishers - happened to send one of my tracks to EMI publishing in the same week. All of a sudden, they were interested!
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was 14, I wanted to make music, but I think I would also have made a good policeman. When I was eight, I wanted to be one so I could tell people off.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
- Nov 07, 2020
What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.
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- Nov 07, 2020