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People Quotes by Louis Kronenberger
- The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a…
- Has there ever been an age so rife with neurotic sensibility, with that state of near shudders, or near hysteria, or near nausea, much of…
- The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories;…
- The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter.
- In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things…
- For young people today things move so fast there is no problem of adjustment. Before you can adjust to A, B has appeared leading C…
- Educated people do indeed speak the same languages; cultivated ones need not speak at all.
- There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you…
- Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.
- For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.
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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
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- 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