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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
- Nov 07, 2020
I gave up a long time ago thinking that people had to like or agree with what I was doing.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've read my New York Times bestseller 'Stonewalled', you know that I'm a fan of an intellectual exercise I call the Substitution Game. It involves comparing how the press treats similar events or people depending on how the reporter or news organization feels about the issue or the newsmaker.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
People judge us looking from the outside. They don't really know what is going on in my life. There are hundreds of perspectives out there. I cannot live up to all the expectations.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being here and receiving appreciation from the people here in Nantes has a special appeal. But I do believe I have worked hard for it. Very hard.
- My Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came to Bombay, as it was called in my time, it was filled with people from everywhere, Kashmir to Kerala.
- Cry
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a film is released, anywhere in the country, exactly in the same place people laugh, cry, get bored, what is that, but commonality.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should lead your own life, do what you have to. If people recognize you, it gives you support. If they don't, how does it matter?
- Encouragement
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best encouragement is when your films run and people who watch it say 'Well done.'
- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I'm interested in is what shapes us: the people? The place where we live? It's both of those and more. That's what I keep coming back to.
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- Nov 07, 2020