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395 They Tell quotes by 330 unique authors
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As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to…
— Michelle Bachelet
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People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that…
— Valerie Bertinelli
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People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because…
— Joyce DeWitt
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
— Daniel Ek
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This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone…
— Haile Gebrselassie
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they…
— Haile Gebrselassie
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Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
— Alan Furst
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In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.
— George Mackay Brown
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When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.
— Richard Ford
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Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.
— Teri Garr
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
— Ian Hislop
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I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You…
— Bob Keeshan
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The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If you don't provide a product that is satisfying people, no matter what your ideology, they tell you to take a hike.
— Bill O'Reilly
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Any number of holier-than-thou honorable realists walk around in the belief that they have accomplished something, simply because they tell you for the hundredth time…
— Edvard Munch
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People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell…
— Kevin Smith
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People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow,…
— Albert Ellis
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They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished; and left, as its…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.
— John Muir
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I've always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic-the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they…
— Ann Demeulemeester
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It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly…
— Harper Lee
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My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't…
— Gore Vidal
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I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my…
— Haile Gebrselassie
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When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure…
— Michael Gove
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Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect,…
— Germaine Greer
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