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People Quotes by Alistair Cooke
- Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own.
- It is a wonderful tribute to the game or to the dottiness of the people who play it that for some people somewhere there is…
- To the goggling unbeliever Texans say, as people always say about their mangier dishes, 'But it's just like chicken, only tenderer.' Rattlesnake is, in fact,…
- To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on,…
- People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is…
- It has always been cited as an irrepressible symptom of America's vitality that her people, in fair times and foul, believe in themselves and their…
- The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never…
- People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.
- Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle