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title: "10 80S People Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 80S People quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best 80S People sayings and thoughts."
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> [I'm used to the egos in the 1960s, '70s and '80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-hall/i-m-used-to-the-egos-in-the-1960s-70s-and-80s-where-people-just/)

[Daryl Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-hall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/daryl-hall-5556_birth_i-m-used-to-the-egos-in-the-1960s-70s-an_2854513.jpg)

> [I remember in the '80s, people would literally have arguments over the best guitarist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-young/i-remember-in-the-80s-people-would-literally-have-arguments-over-the/)

[Kevin Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-young/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/kevin-young-8117_best_i-remember-in-the-80s-people-would-liter_267448.jpg)

> [The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-thibault/the-reality-is-that-the-nba-was-in-worse-shape-in-the-70s-and-early/)

[Mike Thibault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-thibault/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/mike-thibault-79710_80s_the-reality-is-that-the-nba-was-in-worse_2854426.png)

> [You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-murray/you-know-what-i-find-truly-amazing-i-haven-t-had-a-hit-record-since/)

[Anne Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-murray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/anne-murray-4995_amazing_you-know-what-i-find-truly-amazing-i-hav_1691894.jpg)

> [Compton is a much safer Compton than it was in the '80s. People play in parks. People aren't afraid to be out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aja-brown/compton-is-a-much-safer-compton-than-it-was-in-the-80s-people-play-in/)

[Aja Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aja-brown/)

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> ['General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-wagner/general-hospital-was-so-massive-in-the-80s-and-that-s-when-people-my/)

[Jack Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-wagner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/jack-wagner-36685_age_general-hospital-was-so-massive-in-the-8_161410.jpg)

> [I mean, I think everybody has fond memories of 'Masters of the Universe.' It was just one of the things in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-mccreary/i-mean-i-think-everybody-has-fond-memories-of-masters-of-the-universe/)

[Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-mccreary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/bear-mccreary-4348_born_i-mean-i-think-everybody-has-fond-memori_306493.jpg)

> [It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/it-was-the-case-in-the-70s-and-80s-that-people-believed-music-could/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/sinead-o-connor-3554_80s_it-was-the-case-in-the-70s-and-80s-that_95721.png)

> [There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pare/there-s-also-something-happening-in-television-similar-to-what/)

[Jessica Pare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-pare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/jessica-pare-13947_80s_there-s-also-something-happening-in-tele_2756549.jpg)

> [Francis Coppola was very generous. We got paid a lot of money and he saw us every day, took us out every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackee-harry/francis-coppola-was-very-generous-we-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-and-he/)

[Jackee Harry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackee-harry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/jackee-harry-16188_80s_francis-coppola-was-very-generous-we-got_655896.jpg)

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