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People Quotes by Tom Robbins
- This may be said for the last quarter of the twentieth century: the truism that if we want a better world we will have to…
- When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life…
- When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on…
- For most people, self-awareness and self-pity blossom simultaneously in early adolescence. It's about that time that we start viewing the world as something other than…
- All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
- My personal motto has always been: Joy in spite of everything. Not just [mindless] joy, but joy in spite of everything. Recognizing the inequities and…
- You've heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in…
- America is a nation of 270 million people: 100 million of them are gangsters, another 100 million are hustlers, 50 million are complete lunatics, and…
- I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book…
- To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.
- I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the…
- People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
- The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort…
- People of ze wurl, relax!
- People tend the take everything too seriously. Especially themselves. Yep. And that's probably what makes 'em scared and hurt so much of the time. Life…
- What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very opposite of ownership…
- there are two kinds of people in this world : those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who…
- There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.
- Some marriages are made in heaven, Mine was made in Hong Kong, by the same people who make those little rubber pork chops they sell…
- You've heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in…
- Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t be happy until…
- People are never perfect, but love can be.
- I'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good champagne is a…
- The rich are the most discriminated-against minority in the world. Openly or covertly, everybody hates the rich because, openly or covertly, everybody envies the rich.…
- Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too self important to…
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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
- 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