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title: "3 Stopped People Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Stopped People quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Stopped People sayings and thoughts."
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> [Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/historical-fact-people-stopped-being-people-in-1913-that-was-the-year/)

[Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/jeffrey-eugenides-462_adaptation_historical-fact-people-stopped-being-peo_130832.png)

> [What happened in 2008 stopped people in their tracks. People stopped looking at their homes simply as commodities to exploit and starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mccloud/what-happened-in-2008-stopped-people-in-their-tracks-people-stopped/)

[Kevin McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-mccloud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/kevin-mccloud-11846_about_what-happened-in-2008-stopped-people-in_862375.png)

> [That's the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-holzer/that-s-the-test-of-street-art-to-see-if-anybody-stopped-people-would/)

[Jenny Holzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-holzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/jenny-holzer-3328_art_that-s-the-test-of-street-art-to-see-if_911872.png)

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