E. P. Thompson People Quotations

A lot of people feel this is such a dicey, contested territory, and they don't want to offend viewers, so they avoid it entirely,

Everyone's been told to drink water, drink water, drink water. Water companies want you to drink water like a fish. Then you dilute your blood and your brain starts to swell. You have healthy people running marathons and dying. Has the word gotten out? No.

We're talking about the first time, hopefully, that we would have a strategic plan for California's future. So often government is an esoteric concept for people, but here and now there is an acute connection between the people and deciding the services government should provide.

I think most people consider the reality of reality TV as they do the reality of Santa Claus.

The medical people are very glad to have us there,

People don't have to tan, but we want people to know that it is a luxury they can treat themselves to. So, if you haven't given us a try, come down and treat yourself to a tan and a massage. We know you'll like it,

People are doing more nesting. More people are coming in and buying for themselves.

People are careful, they want to see the outcome of the elections this time around to see how things will work out...It would possibly be in six months' time when people can make up their minds to go.

The people have spoken with Proposition 22 and subsequently it went to the courts. It's up to the courts to decide.

There's nothing a professor likes better than imposing his opinion on as large a number of people as possible.

It was fun to watch these bad people get trashed, and Simon was really good at it. Which was why he became so well-known so quickly.

The world is a beautiful place. It's just the people in it that make it ugly.

and the governor believes that is where it should be decided. It's an issue for the people and the courts.

I heard a great explanation from Debbie Colberg, the volleyball coach at Sacramento State. She said the reason coaches scream is not for the kids, it is for the adults. If a kid screws up, yelling lets everyone know that, 'I didn't teach the kid to do that.' There's a feeling that I've got to yell or people won't think I am coaching.

The question is, when someone acts like that, what do people do? We say you have more power than you think. Having a parent or a group of parents speak to a coach is a good thing.

There are two things people love in America: attention and money.

You never saw Linda Lavin and Ron Howard and LeVar Burton doing these kinds of things. It was a chance to see all of these people in a totally different context.

It take a tremendous effort by a lot of people because we want to put on a first-class event that both celebrates the life of Brittany and raises money for our scholarships.

Many people like to eat sardines with their bones, which can be a good source of calcium as well as the omega-3 fatty acids.

Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense of justice has gone one way, and the case another, they have found "against the evidence," ... the English common law rests upon a bargain between the Law and the people: The jury box is where the people come into the court: The judge watches them and the people watch back. A jury is the place where the bargain is struck. The jury attends in judgment, not only upon the accused, but also upon the justice and the humanity of the Law.

Pure and simple, these things are promotional tools. They're more fun to consume than 30-second ads, but they're still advertising. If you can get people to go to a show like 'Lost' or 'The Office' every week, why not get them to participate at other times? You exploit the existence of this universe you've created and squeeze out more audience participation.

I don't think we can take for granted that we can have what we had (in Las Vegas) in 2003 just by opening the doors. We're going to have to work and market it. But the ultimate goal is to get people in the building and I'm all for that.

You could've done a killer 20-minute anthology of Motown that would've been educational to kids who didn't know what Motown was. And the people who lived through Motown would've loved its nostalgic value. ... But music is the hardest way to appeal to a mass audience because it's highly fragmented and you never get anything that everyone likes.

The Governor believes the matter should be determined not by legislative action - which would be unconstitutional - but by court decision or another vote of the people of our state.

We have filled that niche. People are very satisfied with this product.

What's more rewarding than seeing yourself on TV is getting that positive reinforcement from people you love.

I've been to China. There's a lot of people over there.

This guy has become famous for being really, really brilliant and really, really smart about something, but most people have no idea what it is he does.

You've got the east-west problem because only three corridors go that way. I've heard anything between 10,000 and 20,000 extra people are in town. It's a huge difference. I've never seen it this bad.