People Quotes - Page 1188

There was a lot of other young players around at that time when I was coming, but there was older people like Blind Lemon, which was one of my favorites. I don't know, just seemed like everybody I heard could play better than me.

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

Success is making a positive difference to other people, especially seeing others grow, succeed and thrive as a result of your own small contribution.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first).

People often say that the beginning of the rainy season is a bad time for sick people

I hate it when people say I'm not a true punk. I don't go around calling myself punk; I never have. That's what people need to know -- it's not me saying that, it's the media. I'm a rocker.

I think that the people who put caps and the people who put genres on music are the people who are killing our music industry.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you.

Nothing is more abhorrent to me than sugary-sweet photography full of pretense, poses, and gimmickry. For this reason, I have allowed myself to tell the truth about our times and people in a sincere manner.

I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.

Early on, America took one path and went down the advertising road, and in the UK they founded the BBC and developed a different kind of public broadcasting. There was a point where TV was so beholden to commercial interest that people - civil society - actually rose up and said, "This is ridiculous: we have our soap-selling soap operas, cigarette-sponsored news broadcast; we have our rigged quiz shows - let's put some checks and balances here."

People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they put me through. I miss African American culture, our speech, dance and cooking.

People used to behave morally because they thought God was always watching - in some ways God today is the collective, and the collective is watching.

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

Some people might only recognize me half naked in my bikini and bra!

Unlike most other people, I'm just an average person.

I have amazing people around me. I couldn't be in a better place. I'm grateful for my life and where I'm at. I never thought I could be in the position that I'm in.

I don't get bothered by people saying what they say. I'm a happy person and I'm happy with my looks. I'm not an insecure person. I believe if somebody chooses plastic surgery it should be for themselves, not for anyone else.

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every remeeting a foretaste of the resurrection. That is why even people who are indifferent to each other rejoice so much if they meet again after twenty or thirty years of separation.