- 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
People ask me about 'The Hurt Locker' a lot, and it's an incredible piece of filmmaking - as are 'Band of Brothers' and 'Platoon' and 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Apocalypse Now.' But they're not necessarily true to war in a literal sense. What they are, really, are brilliant movies about Hollywood's idea of war.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is that it's not attainable any more than pure justice is attainable by the courts.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, the fact that the news industry doesn't have enough money to only send salaried staff to war zones means there is an enormous, wide-open opportunity for young people who want to be on staff and don't know how to get there.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
People really in the meat grinder of the front lines are not, for the most part, insured or salaried network correspondents. They're young freelancers. They're kind of a cheap date for the news industry.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it depends only on the script, the part I'm doing, and the people around me. It could be in Greenland or the Sahara. I don't care.
- European Union
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2015, the majority of refugees and migrants reached the European Union through Greece. Greek authorities were overwhelmed by the sheer number of people arriving at their shores. But they did not stay there. They were waved through to Central Europe at an increasing pace.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people have the choice of where they settle in Europe, then we cannot be surprised that they choose to come over here in search of a better life.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the E.U., there are always morally superior people who think they have to educate the others.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
We Austrians know that in light of our own history, we have a special responsibility toward Israel and the Jewish people.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people want a normal centrist approach. But politicians in the center have to show them results.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
One big mistake of many politicians is to have no understanding for the real situation of people in their country.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
If centrist parties face the challenges and start working for their people more efficiently, the ground for left- or right-wing populism will become less fertile.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Brexit decision is a decision we see very negatively. But, of course, it has been taken by the British people, so now we have to find a way to deal with it, and from our point of view, it is important to avoid a hard Brexit.
- Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020