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People Quotes by Isak Dinesen
- It is more than their land that you take away from the people, whose native land you take. It is their past as well, their…
- I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and…
- People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid…
- What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.
- I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them.
- Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in…
- Then Martine said: "So yuo will be poor now all your life, Babette?" Poor?" said Babette. She smiled as if to herself. "No, I shall…
- No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in…
- It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know of one dimension only; they walk…
- Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- 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