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Hugh Mackay

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SUNDAY ADELAJA Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion.
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MURRAY GELL-MANN I laugh at people who think their spontaneous, yet plan their spontaneous moments.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them.
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DEYTH BANGER People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social...
AZIM PREMJI Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?
RICHARD YATES One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
PIERRE CORNEILLE In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
PIERRE CORNEILLE I love to photograph people in their own environment. It offers clues to what's important in the...
MARY ELLEN MARK People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than t...
JANE RULE It's an interesting time that way. It's hard to meet good girls down here. It seems like the...
SCOTT SPEEDMAN People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will no...
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
VANESSA KERRY I'm interested in discontinuities and interruptions, people having to rewrite the narrative of t...
LENNY ABRAHAMSON One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
PIERRE CORNEILLE I'm no longer interested in having executives supervise other people. I want everyone to be doing th...
JOE ROTH People who think so lightly of their own lives, don't have the right to protect anyone.
JUN MOCHIZUKI People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, ...
E.M. FORSTER People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, ...
E. M. FORSTER People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice
DASHANNE STOKES If everyone knows their roles in the organisation, do their best in their role, then success is defi...
ZENG HAN JUN Don't think that this people are stupid, probably you have caught one, but you didn't finish your wo...
DEYTH BANGER If people are given the opportunity to really make a difference in their own lives, their own commun...
ALEX STEFFEN People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a short...
BARRY RITHOLTZ I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of pe...
CHAIM POTOK The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infalli...
JOSEPH ADDISON Why is it that so often the people who claim they will sacrifice their lives for their country aren'...
NAOSHAD POCHKHANAWALA I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting ...
JEFF LYNNE Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own dep...
GEORGE ELIOT Their lives amaze me. Actual people giving their lives for Christ.
BRIAN CONNELLY I hate people who splash their own pain on covers, like the whole world should hear about them. Why ...
ANDREA CORR The reason people are so hard of listening, is because they won't even listen to the sound of their ...
AARON SANTOS People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent...
BONNIE MCKEE Wondering why a person who has made the most of the wealth in own life through LUCK only; says, most...
ANUJ SOMANY The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist.
ELIZABETH OLSEN Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change li...
STEVEN HILL Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their exp...
HERBIE HANCOCK We must leave people for their happiness. – Shahwan SETHI
MUHAMMAD SHAHWAN TARIQ People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned priv...
DASHANNE STOKES There's such a quantity of dogs out there. But people there aren't interested in adopting a dog off ...
GARO ALEXANIAN Soldiers willingly, sometimes foolishly, risk their own lives to keep their comrades out of enemy ha...
ALEX BERENSON They can save their own lives. And others.
LINDA LOPEZ I hate people who splash their own pain on covers, like the whole world should hear about them. Why ...
ANDREA CORR People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find wa...
STEVE MARABOLI Some waste away their lives by drinking, partying or by simply having fun and living for pleasure.
SUNDAY ADELAJA I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the...
RICHARD STEELE A nicotine patch may not be enough. We have a group of smokers who are often interested in stopping,...
DR. LORI BASTIAN By the time I’ve finished with you,
you won’t know whether you’ve been kissed or cut,...
WARSAN SHIRE He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To contribute to the world in your own way, live a life that inspires other to live their lives in t...
LORRIN L. LEE Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and sta...
JEB BUSH Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own di...
KATHRYN ERSKINE I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically i...
BEN SHAHN But I'm still interested in grownups struggling to make their lives better. I'm certainly not intere...
CRAIG LUCAS Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their nat...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength
and perspective from the words of...
ABERJHANI Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.
CONFUCIUS Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and...
CHARLES DE LINT I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is someb...
ERICA JONG Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives.
SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL People are afraid of their own lives. Shouldn't your goal be to have a meaningful life? Unknown,...
JOHN MCAFEE If it meant I was just gone from their lives for 10 hours at a stretch, I wasn't interested. I would...
AMY DELUCA It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge...
SCARLETT JOHANSSON I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experien...
ELVIS MITCHELL The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like ...
VIRGINIA WOOLF I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the compose...
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Suddenly, two bystanders stuck their heads inside the frame and ruined one of the funniest cartoons ...
GARY LARSON However long, it's definitely the presence of other people that brings out the weirdness - that ...
LYNN COADY Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own di...
KATHRYN ERSKINE It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more sati...
P.D. JAMES Like most things there's a dimensional approach here; there are some people who are fascinated by ce...
ERIC HOLLANDER I am convinced that people that commit suicide do it not only to end their pain but to hurt those pe...
CARL WHITE I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many...
PEACE PILGRIM I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many...
PILGRIMS People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.
HANIF KUREISHI I would like to see a description of their daily lives that substantiates that position. One of the ...
LINDA HIRSHMAN “When you control their water, you control the people.” -Nabil N. Jamal
NABIL N. JAMAL People have within their own hands the tools to fashion their own destiny.
MURRAY LINCOLN Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt the...
ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ...
PAULO COELHO I like the warmth in the people. They love to meet foreigners. People take you into their lives and ...
DANIEL LEVINE People often get their imagination's mixed up with their memories.
P.K. SHAW I'm interested in people forging their realities.
RICHARD LINKLATER People should be interested in books, not their authors.
AGATHA CHRISTIE Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to g...
KAREN ARMSTRONG The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonethe...
CRISS JAMI Even the selfish and disloyal want their own lives to be better. (www.terrybarnett.com)
TERRY BARNETT A genius may be one who has often resistance, reluctance and resentment to do most of the things tha...
ANUJ SOMANY I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some peopl...
ERIC CLAPTON Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds.
MOOSA RAHAT I don't think anyone has exhausted the range of sound possible in a conventional rock band, but peop...
STEVE ALBINI Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.
LEONARD MLODINOW Those who are weakest often tend to blame others for their own incompetence.
GABRIELLA GEACH I want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do w...
STEPHEN CURRY American readers are so polite; their reactions make it seem like I've received thousands of tha...
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ELIZABETH MACKAY When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is we will have double-digit earnings growth for t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY The Fed itself seems content to wait at least until after the elections if the not to the end of the...
ELIZABETH MACKAY Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern ...
HARVEY MACKAY Technology tends to be regarded as less defensive, so if investors become more nervous, they would t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY It's hard to say when emotional selling exhausts itself.
ELIZABETH MACKAY Overall, there's no question we took a hit across the board to some degree. But we've discovered a r...
DAVID MACKAY They appear to be consistently crossing the line step by step and becoming less and less communicati...
PETER MACKAY Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how...
HARVEY MACKAY Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn&#...
HARVEY MACKAY He's been doing that the whole year. He's that dominant. He has an earned-run-average under one and ...
GUY MACKAY The thing he really brings to the team is his competitiveness.
GUY MACKAY I think we have guys that will be able to come through, it is just getting the game experience. It i...
GUY MACKAY There is no room in our party for such outrageous racism. We are a party of inclusion and the only p...
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't have any basis. It's like me saying they're Martians; it's silly.
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent appro...
FRANK MACKAY