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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
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember going to university, and the people who'd left home for the first time looked at the food and were horrified. Whereas, my view was that if it was vaguely edible, then it's fine.
- Nov 07, 2020
Among adults, we can admit that of course, characters are creations. They aren't real people.
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt people. There's jealousy, and it gets very messy. If you have security, it can be boring, and you die inside because of all the opportunities missed.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The central task for a business is to make a profit. The challenge is to make a profit by doing things which are genuinely good for people and good for societies.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, we make discoveries about how difficult people are at the moment when the difficulties have actually hurt us; therefore, we are not likely to be forgiving or sympathetic.
- Reason
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the reason why we marry the wrong people is that we don't really understand ourselves.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The number one person who needs my books is me. I'm not some sort of disinterested guru who has worked life out and is handing things out to the poor people who might not have life worked out.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Used to do a lot of falling in love with people, almost in the street, and imagining that there would be no obstacle to a happy love story other than finding the 'right person'.
- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of those introverted people who simply feels a lot better after spending time alone thinking through ideas and emotions. This is a sign, I've come to think, of a kind of emotional disturbance - a reaction to inner fragility. I wish I were more able to just act and do, rather than constantly have to retreat and examine and think.
- Irritating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to be a sort of intellectual in the public arena is very irritating to people. They think, 'Why is this bugger on television?'
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diversity requires commitment. Achieving the superior performance diversity can produce needs further action - most notably, a commitment to develop a culture of inclusion. People do not just need to be different, they need to be fully involved and feel their voices are heard.
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young people want to work.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
For organisations, flexibility is a must to cope with fluctuations in demand and remain competitive, and people must be able to develop adaptable attitudes to quickly embrace evolving business conditions, new business opportunities, and shifting strategies.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020