- Government
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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
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans pull together in an odd way when they're in the wilderness. It's astonishing how few people litter and how much they help one another. Indeed, the smartphone app to navigate the Pacific Crest Trail, Halfmile, is a labor of love by hikers who make it available as a free download.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As millions of people know, one of the great pleasures of walking in areas of the uplands managed for grouse is to see and hear large numbers of curlew, lapwing and golden plover - all ground-nesting birds largely absent or in rapidly declining numbers elsewhere.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
As Churchill's grandson, I am in daily receipt of vile correspondence from people telling me that I am a traitor to his memory.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the world has grown bigger for our country, the opportunities greater, the chances more glittering for our commerce and our people, too many of those who practice politics have taken a cramped and limited view of Europe and the rest of the world.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
One hopes that good, sensible and brave people will continue to go into public life at all levels.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
I accept that the Army must do what it thinks it needs to get people to join, but I think they ought to be extremely cautious about the message they send outside.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020