Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.

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Be the kind of person you want to be with... If you don't like the people in your life, you are the one who has to change, not them.

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You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

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The point is that filmmaking is a collaborative effort; it isn't about imposing your vision on other people. It's about the talking, you know? - Luca Guadagnino

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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ― Marcel Proust

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

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Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.

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People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby

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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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