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title: "6 Separating People Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Most people, the minute they meet you, were sizing you up for some competition for resources. It was as if everyone lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/most-people-the-minute-they-meet-you-were-sizing-you-up-for-some/)

[Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/elif-batuman-2172_competition_most-people-the-minute-they-meet-you-wer_327057.jpg)

> [When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/when-you-start-separating-people-from-their-rivers-what-have-you-got/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/jack-kerouac-182_bureaucracy_when-you-start-separating-people-from-th_1110309.jpg)

> [It's all about lines. The finish line at the end of residency, waiting in line for a chance at the operating table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-all-about-lines-the-finish-line-at-the-end-of-residency-waiting/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cain/it-s-as-if-they-have-thinner-boundaries-separating-them-from-other/)

[Susan Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/susan-cain-647_boundaries_it-s-as-if-they-have-thinner-boundaries_2515674.jpg)

> [Traditionally, music has been a means of separating ourselves as people from another group of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/traditionally-music-has-been-a-means-of-separating-ourselves-as/)

[Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/sam-hunt-3215_another_traditionally-music-has-been-a-means-of_2761350.jpg)

> [The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together. ...Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-gordon/the-nuclear-family-must-be-destroyed-and-people-must-find-better-ways-2/)

[Linda Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/linda-gordon-50164_better-way_the-nuclear-family-must-be-destroyed-and_2909011.jpg)

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