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People Quotes by Lillian Hellman
- Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else.
- Decisions, particularly important ones, have always made me sleepy, perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct, and thinking things…
- I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction…
- I am suspicious of guilt in myself and in other people; it is usually a way of not thinking, or of announcing one's own fine…
- Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.
- There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who…
- Most people coming out of war feel lost and resentful. What had been a minute-to-minute confrontation with yourself, your struggle with what courage you have…
- People change and forget to tell each other.
- We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember…
- I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
- It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
- It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
- Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
- Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.
- Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
- Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.
- Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
- It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour.
- Tallulah was sitting in a group of people, giving the monologue she always thought was conversation.
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