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People Quotes by Sarah Vowell
- Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on…
- There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who don't.
- There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors,…
- I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those…
- In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.
- I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There…
- Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.
- Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History…
- The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I actually saw a…
- The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.
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