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Quotes About People

People could surprise you. Not just their kindness, but also their sudden ability to express things the right way.
~ Elizabeth Strout
it came to him then that it should never be taken lightly, the essential loneliness of people, that the choices they made to keep themselves from that gaping darkness were choices that required respect: This was true for Jim and Helen, and for Margaret and himself, as well.
~ Elizabeth Strout
I loved New York for this gift of endless encounters.
~ Elizabeth Strout
There were these times, is what I am saying, where the people I met were interesting. And their stories interwove!
~ Elizabeth Strout
should never be taken lightly, the essential loneliness of people, that the choices they made to keep themselves from that gaping darkness were choices that required respect:
~ Elizabeth Strout
people, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Bob Burgess, after the tall man with the tasseled scarf turned down a side
~ Elizabeth Strout
it should never be taken lightly, the essential loneliness of people, that the choices they made to keep themselves from that gaping darkness
~ Elizabeth Strout
When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.
~ Arthur Hailey
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.
~ Arthur Helps
Knox and Buchanan believed that political power was ordained by God, but that that power was vested not in kings or in nobles or even in the clergy, but in the people.
~ Arthur Herman
Herein lies the key to understanding the rise and fall of all civilizations. In any given territory, the people making up the society in that territory create a culture which is unique to themselves.
~ Arthur Kemp
Cliques are groups, groups are great, great are cliques of people.
~ Arthur McNallan
Finally, the perpetuity of the Law appears in God's writing it in the hearts of His people at their new birth.
~ Arthur W. Pink
Ustawowo policja poszukuje jedynie przest?pców, a nie dziwnych ludzi.
~ Arto Paasilinna
The people need education,' Lolita Palma interjects. 'Without it, there can be no patriotism.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Si fuéramos a reducir la definición de la democracia a la sublime sencillez que le dio Lincoln: «el gobierno del pueblo, por el pueblo y para el pueblo», no hay duda de que pocos regímenes podrían llenar todos los requisitos necesarios para merecer esa calificación.
~ Arturo Uslar Pietri
Nothing in life is as important as people who love us or people whom we love.
~ Arun Kumar
People are much more dangerous than anything your mind can make up while you're sleeping." "Like people you can't trust?" "Yes," he answered and his voice was quieter. "They're the most dangerous." "How can you tell who they are?" I asked. "That's easy," he said, inhaling slowly from his cigarette. "They're the people who are the hardest to stay away from.
~ Aryn Kyle
He leaned close. "I look at you, I look at this." His gesture indicated the fine room, the fine people in it. "And I doubt you've ever been hungry in your life. It seemed a ridiculous thing to have to prove. She leaned closer, reached across his untouched plate, and plucked the small white carnation from his boutonniere. She bit the petals from the stem and chewed.
~ Ashley Warlick
The only great people i have met have been modest and humble. You can't claim that you love people when you don't respect them, and you can't call for political unity unless you practice it in your relationships. And that doesn't happen out of nowhere. That's something that has got to be put into practice every day.
~ Assata Shakur
No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn't growing, it's stagnant, and without the support of the people, no movement for liberation can exist, no matter how correct its analysis of the situation is.
~ Assata Shakur
Traditional definitions of culture usually include such elements as people's thoughts, beliefs, values, speech, actions, and artifacts (man-made objects). These all fall under people's beliefs and actions. Therefore, I define culture as the sum total of what people believe and how they act on their beliefs.
~ Aubrey Malphurs
Well, it would be helpful to not have to go through all of these in Braille," the man said. "I'm looking for the local wildlife guide and one other book." He held a paper out in front of him, and she took it. "The head librarian wrote the authors' names down for me," the man said, grinning. "I don't think she realized I couldn't read it." "That would be my boss," Julia sighed. "She's...she's the kind of person who yells at deaf people.
~ Aubrey Rose
I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.
~ Augusten Burroughs