People Quotes - Page 26

• Man, I love the Lord of the Rings movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.

  Robert Griffin III

  Men, Lord, Type

  "Robert Griffin III Loves Mass Effect". Interview with Zac Crook, www.ign.com. February 27, 2012.

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• Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.

  Robert Griffin III

  Thinking, Guy, Leader

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• Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.

  Jurgen Habermas

  Fighting, Israel, Osama Bin Laden

  "Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida". Book by Giovanna Borradori, 2003.

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• I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.

  Buddy Hackett

  Laughter, Laughing, Good Times

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• I think good books have to make a few people angry.

  Mark Haddon

  Book, Thinking, Angry

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• I think one of the things you have to learn if you're going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of people.

  Mark Haddon

  Character, Thinking, Groups

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• A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.

  Mark Haddon

  Real, Drama, Giving

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• I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the middle, as there is, and construct the whole thing like a bit of a roller coaster ride...

  Mark Haddon

  Plot, Pages, Firsts

  "The Curiously Irresistible Literary Debut of Mark Haddon". PowellsBooks Interview, www.powells.com. October 10, 2006.

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• People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.

  Zaha Hadid

  Thinking, Way, Being A Woman

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• All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.

  Zaha Hadid

  Thinking, Interesting, Important

  " Zaha Hadid says austerity is not an excuse for low-quality housing" by Mark Sweney, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2012.

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• Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.

  Sammy Hagar

  Brother, Writing, Feet

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• 'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

  Larry Hagman

  Character, Mean, Thinking

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• I know people are fickle.

  William Hague

  Fickle, Knows

  "Decca Aitkenhead meets William Hague". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2009.

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• People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

  William Hague

  Done, Way, Feels

  " William Hague warns EU of British disillusion" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2012.

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• When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.

  William Hague

  Earning, Share, Reducing

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• You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

  William Hague

  Prepared

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• I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.

  William Hague

  Party, Believe, Thinking

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• If there’'s one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair, it’s this: I’m not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

  William Hague

  Instinct, Blair, British

  William Hague's Speech to the Spring forum in Harrogate, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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• Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

  William Hague

  Country, Common Sense, Independence

  William Hague's Speech to the Spring forum in Harrogate, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2001.

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• Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

  William Hague

  Religious, Party, Diversity

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• Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.

  Lucy Hale

  Worst Enemy, Needs, World

  "9 Quotes From The 'Pretty Little Liars' Cast That Will Inspire You To Be Your Best Self" by Crystal Bell, www.mtv.com. April 15, 2015.

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• On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Attitude, Kids, Mind

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• I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Mean, Race, Playing Music

  Interview with David Curcurito, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2012.

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• Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

  Conrad Hall

  Billions, Industry

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• There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

  Geri Halliwell

  Jealous, Want, Sake

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