- Future
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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
Presumably, what you want to do is work on something meaningful and significant with people you really admire.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do I miss shoes? I miss the designing, but I don't miss the fashion industry. Those people eat their children.
- Nov 07, 2020
Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?
- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
The theme of luck comes up a lot. It's something I thought about before, why some people are lucky and some people aren't lucky. It seems like some people you meet can sort of cultivate luck, and I've always been fascinated by that.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
- True
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020