Liberals always say about totalitarians that they like humanity, as such, but they have no empathy for concrete people, no? OK, that fits me perfectly. Humanity? Yes, it's OK – some great talks, some great arts. Concrete people? No, 99% are boring idiots.
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Related Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots. SLAVOJ ŽIžEK Because the horror of Communism, Stalinism, is not that bad people do bad things — they always do.... SLAVOJ ŽIžEK We don't have any information on that. We've got some allegations but no concrete evidence. ADAM DAY It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "... LEE CHILD It makes me feel good that some people underestimate me and then I go out and prove them wrong, ... ... DARREN SPROLES If some people say there is no God, it only means that they are at too great a distance to be aware ... SRI SATHYA SAI BABA I haven't gotten a concrete yes or a concrete no yet, so it's still, I would say, up in the air. I'm... JOE BARRY Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that. HANK GREEN Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they're just pure ignora... RUSH LIMBAUGH You can see there were some things happening in Belgrade but we have no concrete information as to w... ANTON NIKIFOROV No great soul, as they say, lives for very long. Because God desperately wants all the great people ... PAWAN MISHRA I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a part... ANNABELLE SELLDORF Some people are very open, some people want to think about it, some people just say no. HARRY HULL I think what's cool about Slayer is no matter how old their albums are, it's the one band to... BLAKE ANDERSON Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well,... ELYN SAKS Some people have no affinity with what they are doing, but insist on convincing that they are irrepl... MARIANA FULGER We don't have to reveal everything to each other. It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK ... SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm one of those people you can tell 'no' a million different ways, and I'll spend t... MORGAN FAIRCHILD All the tests have come back fine, but they also said that there's no guarantee that everything is o... AMY RAY People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right... RACHEL JOHNSON All people should learn to say as well and "No" as an answer not only "Yes". One moment you will fil... DEYTH BANGER Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Its such an individual thing-some people gained the weight back, but not as much as they had, and so... DICK EVARTS Some people think (midget wrestling) is degrading. They say people just come out to laugh at us, but... LITTLE KATO They ask us, 'Are we going to be in the shot?' We say yes. They say OK, HARRY FRIEDMAN Ignorant voters of the democracies are always a great threat to the progression of humanity, simply ... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Some people say friends are like the leaves of tree, they change by the seasons... I say, in friends... TORNADO KAI There are two reasons why some people don’t mind their own business. One is that they have no mind... VIKRANT PARSAI We'll get you some help as soon as some people get here. OK? JAMES MAGEE They were freed because there is no proof that they committed crimes against humanity. BUSHO IBRAHIM ALI People are looking for more authenticity in their life. People are excited about truthfulness. It's ... AMY GEMELLARO Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had no... ABDUL QADEER KHAN Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real progress. People who... ALFRED ADLER Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People wh... ALFRED ADLER He is entitled to his opinion. We can only say that we have no concrete evidence that an attack is p... CHRISTIAN SACHS They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtu... ABHIJIT NASKAR Some people had no idea that they were talking to a developer about a development. MARIELLA SMITH Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concre... THOMAS SOWELL They are waiting to get more of our people. The way they attacked, with no care for humanity, is app... GEORGE ISHAQ It is OK to say 'no'. It is OK to say 'I will think about it'. It is OK to say 'I will try... IZEY VICTORIA ODIASE Unfortunately some people are not the pilots of their lives because they have not mastered the power... SUNDAY ADELAJA All that is talk, and no one has talked to me about it. People are always going to say things and as... ALECKO ESKANDARIAN I'd assume he can convert it and pay some of his legal bills, and that is perfectly OK with me. BOB JONES People are being great. If you give them something to drink and a little information, they seem to b... DAVID HEBERT Life's Irony;Even at 90yr some are ever so passionate about life,that they sincerely wish there is n... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand pa... ALEX CHIU And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history -... WALTER MARTIN Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed and permanently set. FRANK ZAPPA Yes, there are plenty of politicians who are liars, there is no doubt about this! But some of them a... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN What's great about concrete is it's nearly unlimited. JED HYLAND These people are perfectly capable of, if they got some sort of victory in Iraq, of turning south an... BOB BAER Focus is saying YES by saying NO RONNI GUGGENHEIM From our viewpoint, it's a great opportunity to make people aware that they need to have a plan. But... MARIE MONTGOMERY Everything has a past, a voice, existed at some point, even things as small and seemingly meaningles... REBECCA MCNUTT At some times, they say I am their Muslim brother and that they mean me no harm. EDWARD CARABALLO Questions about the meaning of life can never be answered by sweeping statements. “Life” does no... VIKTOR E. FRANKL Oh, no, no, you've got that all wrong. You're not required to respect elders. After all, most people... SHERMAN ALEXIE There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It... NATHAN MYHRVOLD I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assu... CRISS JAMI But no concrete progress has been made in the case. AJAY KUMAR I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day ... GARY LUCAS You show me a great athletic program and you're probably going to have a great academic program as w... DENNIS DUNN What I think is great style advice that people have told me is that people who are confident look be... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN His spirits are OK. He's OK. Obviously, he's not great. I think that's the best you can say. MIKE TICE Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set. SOURCE UNKNOWN Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. ATTRIBUTED TO THE REV. DENNY BRAKE Some minds are like concrete... all mixed up and permanently set. UNKNOWN They have no concrete idea how the intruder is entering the dorms, but they suspect that it is a tai... BERNARD WARD I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they... PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN You know how some people complain about the way carriage horses are treated? That they are in a smal... BERNHARD GOETZ For me, it is ok that everyone talks about Rossi. It means I can just calmly focus on what I have to... FELIPE MASSA It's just great to be in a place where there is so much political rhetoric. As long as they have con... DANIELLE FOX They are talented. They have great size and great depth. It'll be a great challenge for our guys. Bu... CAMERON DOLLAR I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!' GILLIAN FLYNN Maybe some people, when they sit down to write their great novel or make their great record or paint... MIKE D People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old... KIRK DOUGLAS Some people say they use images to help them remember intricacies. Others say they just remember. If... IAN HACKING When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it does... EDITH WHARTON its ok to walk freely in the rain and chuckle to yourself,
it is the bizzare freaks thats inchant us... RACHEL-ERIKA HENDERSON Some people are so boring that they are just well preserved fossils which never animates. YAMIN RASHEED how is it that "no" is shorter than "yes" and "maybe" and yet people still find it hard to say no? t... PHILLIP BUYONDO I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain the... MARYJANICE DAVIDSON The Book of Mormon is concrete and solid, they can hold it, and they can visualize that they have to... RICHARD G. SCOTT We keep thinking that the human is evolving. No, the human has evolved to its extent. What's hap... BRUCE LIPTON They say that the grass is greener on the other side…fortunately for me, I’m a City girl & I lov... N. S. COLE Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for... ABRAHAM LINCOLN We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what... DAMIAN WOETZEL For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree... RAJIV GANDHI "Our duty as soldiers, is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost."
-Master Chief
"You say that like ... THOMAS LASKEY TO MASTER CHIEF Life has got no solace for humanity,but the only solace humanity should extract out of life is that ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations. SIMON WIESENTHAL The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulatin... ALAN WATTS As odd as it seemed, I learned that people may disappoint you, yes, but the one thing they also did ... HOLLY HOOD There's no law against running, OK? Understand that. LOUIS GRAHAM I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, pe... KARL LAGERFELD I'm excited. Just the improvement these guys have made has been great. Hopefully we'll have two stat... JOAQUIN BAUTISTA People were hoping for just a little bit better on the guidance. Guidance was OK but not great. ALAN DAVIS
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