- Men
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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
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is no longer the only place where people make major life transitions and decisions, enter into commitments, or incur obligations.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many alternatives to traditional marriage have emerged. People feel free to shop around, experimenting with several living arrangements in succession. And when people do marry, they have different expectations and goals.
- Nostalgia
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a historian, I've spent much of my career warning people about the dangers of nostalgia.
- Counselors
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we assume that 'normal' people need 'time to heal,' or discourage individuals from making any decisions until a year or more after a loss, as some grief counselors do, we may be giving inappropriate advice. Such advice can cause people who feel ready to move on to wonder if they are hardhearted.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do people - gay or straight - need the state's permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn't, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents' agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
For most of America's history, people typically aspired to acquire 'a competency' rather than great riches. A competency meant the ability to comfortably sustain a household without depending on others. 'Competence' also meant being capable and reliable. The American Dream was that people who worked hard and capably could support their families.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fashion is a social agreement. the result of a consensus of a large group of people.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, off-duty hair means no products. I have people touching my hair almost every day, so when I'm not working, I try to let my hair relax.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be hopeful that people will be more educated in how they buy things, and hopefully more luxury brands will start to think that way on a longer-term basis.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020