People Quotes - Page 13

• A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

  Bertrand Russell

  Clever, Smart, Stupid

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• Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.

  Dan Brown

  Lonely, Loneliness, Technology

  Dan Brown (2005). “Angels & Demons”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

  Stephen King

  Smart, Mean, Bloodlust

  FaceBook post by Stephen King from Jan 15, 2014

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• Perhaps it's because it's incredible to meet someone and say: with this person, I'm happy.

  Anna Gavalda

  Love, Relationship, Happiness

  Anna Gavalda (2005). “Someone I Loved”, p.77, Penguin

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• Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

  Thomas Paine

  Self Esteem, Fighting, Enemy

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• I just hold it down for my side, I just hold it down for my set. I just give everybody a piece of this and make do with what's left.

  Drake

  Relationship, Home, Humble

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• But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not ethically innocent. The poor are a by-product of the system in which we live and for which we are responsible. They are marginalized by our social and cultural world. They are the oppressed, exploited proletariat, robbed of the fruit of their labor and despoiled of their humanity. Hence the poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

  Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Responsibility, Destiny, Order

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  Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment

  Betty White

  Funny, Jealousy, Humorous

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• What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Greatness, Thinking

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.263, Library of America

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• People can get crazier as they get older. I can just be weird whenever I want, and there's the freedom of not caring what people think.

  Candice Bergen

  Caring, Thinking, Want

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• Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.

  Rigoberta Menchu

  Respect, Peace, Native American

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• Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

  Mark Twain

  Peace, Thinking, Race

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.504, Courier Corporation

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• You cannot really conceive of how insulting it is to Native Americans to be told they were discovered.

  Ivan van Sertima

  Native American, Discovery, Understanding

  Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, John Henrik Clarke “Dr. Ivan Van Sertima- 8 DVD video lectures: 8 DVDs, Best viewed on wifi on phones or tablets. iPads or Android (use google Play Book app to view. Gmail account required)”, Clemson Brown

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• If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else.

  Joyce Meyer

  Relationship, Self Esteem, Hard Times

  Twitter post from Aug 22, 2012

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• I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

  Noel Gallagher

  Voice, Musician, Flip

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• What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his duty to work in that direction.

  Francis Galton

  Nature, Kindness, Lying

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• We are unusual and tragic and alive.

  Dave Eggers

  Life, Alive, Being Human

  Dave Eggers (2013). “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

  Brian Cox

  Life, Mean, Science

  "Wonders of the Universe (Messengers)". Documentary, March 27, 2011.

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• A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such as the complexity and inter-connectedness of the nature of modern existence, then we will gradually notice a change in our outlook, so that when we say 'others' and when we think of others, we will no longer dismiss them as something that is irrelevant to us. We will no longer feel indifferent.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Wise, Wisdom

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• Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Christian, Religious

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• A revival almost always begins among the laity. The ecclesiastical leaders seldom welcome reformation. History repeats itself. The present leaders are too comfortably situated as a rule to desire innovation that might require sacrifice on their part. And God's fire only falls on sacrifice. An empty altar receives no fire!

  Frank Bartleman

  God, Christian, Fall

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• We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe.

  Manly Hall

  God, Deep Thought, Atoms

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• Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Deep Thought

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• The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.

  Umberto Eco

  Knowledge, Intelligent, Intelligence

  Umberto Eco (2013). “Serendipities: Language and Lunacy”, p.20, Columbia University Press

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• The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Humility, Race

  Mark Twain, Michael Barry Frank, Robert Pack Browning, Lin Salamo, Frederick Anderson, Mark Twain (1980). “Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume III: (1883-1891)”, p.424, Univ of California Press

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