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You've got enough in here that people who get hold of this - like AP or any of the state-controlled media - they're going to focus on the soap opera aspects of your book and they're going to ignore what is truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read Picture Quote #1

I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off? Picture Quote #1

Let me tell you something. They say he lied to Congress. I can think of no better bunch of people to lie to than Congress Picture Quote #1

People seem to enjoy things more when they know that a lot of other people have been left out on the pleasure Picture Quote #1

Notice, for example, that people who talk about the joys of childhood are always adults. Only an adult, utterly remote from the reality of childhood, could suppose it is time of joys Picture Quote #1

The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified Picture Quote #1

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The fear of missing out means today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out Picture Quote #1

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more Picture Quote #1

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything Picture Quote #1

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything Picture Quote #1

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell Picture Quote #1

Maxim for life: you get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you Picture Quote #1

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Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world Picture Quote #1

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do Picture Quote #1

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them Picture Quote #1

Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God Picture Quote #1

If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and their God. We must serve him in whatever way we are called. I am called to help the individual; to love each poor person. Not to deal with institutions. I am in no position to judge Picture Quote #1

There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much Picture Quote #1

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A reader who quarrels with postulates, who dislikes hamlet because he does not believe that there are ghosts or that people speak in pentameters, clearly has no business in literature. He cannot distinguish fiction from fact, and belongs in the same category as the people who send checks to radio stations for the relief of suffering heroines in soap operas Picture Quote #1

Popular art is normally decried as vulgar by the cultivated people of its time; then it loses favor with its original audience as a new generation grows up; then it begins to merge into the softer lighting of

The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him Picture Quote #1

The question of who are the best people to take charge of children is a very difficult one; but it is quite certain that the parents are the very worst Picture Quote #1

There were people who got me very involved in politics. But then there was also a book. It was a trilogy, a biography of Trotsky by Isaac Deutscher, which made a very deep impression on me and gave me a love of political biography for the rest of my life Picture Quote #1

It is important that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world Picture Quote #1

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I understand there is a need for a stable and orderly transition to that leadership, but that people should give me the space to ensure that happens and that this debate is not best conducted in the pages of the mail on Sunday Picture Quote #1

What amazes me is how many people are happy for Saddam to stay. They ask why we don't get rid of Mugabe, why not the Burmese lot. Yes, let's get rid of them all. I don't because I can't, but when you can you should Picture Quote #1

Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit Picture Quote #1

I can stand here today, leader of the labour party, prime minister, and say to the British people: you have never had it so... Prudent Picture Quote #1

A new Britain where the extraordinary talent of the british people is liberated from the forces of conservatism that so long have held them back, to create a model 21st century nation, based not on privilege, class or background, but on the equal worth of all Picture Quote #1

I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am Picture Quote #1

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You've got enough in here that people who get hold of this - like AP or any of the state-controlled media - they're going to focus on the soap opera aspects of your book and they're going to ignore what is truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read (People Quotes) I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off? (People Quotes) Let me tell you something. They say he lied to Congress. I can think of no better bunch of people to lie to than Congress (People Quotes) People seem to enjoy things more when they know that a lot of other people have been left out on the pleasure (People Quotes) Notice, for example, that people who talk about the joys of childhood are always adults. Only an adult, utterly remote from the reality of childhood, could suppose it is time of joys (People Quotes) The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified (People Quotes) The fear of missing out means today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out (People Quotes) These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more (People Quotes) The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything (People Quotes) The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything (People Quotes) Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell (People Quotes) Maxim for life: you get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you (People Quotes) Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world (People Quotes) Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do (People Quotes) The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them (People Quotes) Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God (People Quotes) If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and their God. We must serve him in whatever way we are called. I am called to help the individual; to love each poor person. Not to deal with institutions. I am in no position to judge (People Quotes) There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much (People Quotes) A reader who quarrels with postulates, who dislikes hamlet because he does not believe that there are ghosts or that people speak in pentameters, clearly has no business in literature. He cannot distinguish fiction from fact, and belongs in the same category as the people who send checks to radio stations for the relief of suffering heroines in soap operas (People Quotes) Popular art is normally decried as vulgar by the cultivated people of its time; then it loses favor with its original audience as a new generation grows up; then it begins to merge into the softer lighting of "quaint", and cultivated people become interested in it; and finally it begins to take on the archaic dignity of the primitive (People Quotes) The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him (People Quotes) The question of who are the best people to take charge of children is a very difficult one; but it is quite certain that the parents are the very worst (People Quotes) There were people who got me very involved in politics. But then there was also a book. It was a trilogy, a biography of Trotsky by Isaac Deutscher, which made a very deep impression on me and gave me a love of political biography for the rest of my life (People Quotes) It is important that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world (People Quotes) I understand there is a need for a stable and orderly transition to that leadership, but that people should give me the space to ensure that happens and that this debate is not best conducted in the pages of the mail on Sunday (People Quotes) What amazes me is how many people are happy for Saddam to stay. They ask why we don't get rid of Mugabe, why not the Burmese lot. Yes, let's get rid of them all. I don't because I can't, but when you can you should (People Quotes) Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit (People Quotes) I can stand here today, leader of the labour party, prime minister, and say to the British people: you have never had it so... Prudent (People Quotes) A new Britain where the extraordinary talent of the british people is liberated from the forces of conservatism that so long have held them back, to create a model 21st century nation, based not on privilege, class or background, but on the equal worth of all (People Quotes) I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am (People Quotes)

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