"Is it a form of social play that underneath the words people say, there is a different conversation going on?"

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“Pay me for my work, but I don't do it for the money.”

“People at large are becoming more aware that there is much more to reality and to themselves than what meets the eye.”

“The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.”

“We saw Earth’s breath.”

“When the personal worth of individuals is calculated only in money, sense of self becomes confused with financial net worth.”

“People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.”

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"I don't have a social life right now. I try to -- it's something that I miss -- but David Foster told me: 'The golden microphone is in front of your mouth. You have to sing into it or it will get pass…"

— Josh Groban

Music1981

#knowledge

"There are official proclamations, full of the notion of liberty and rights, which would be beautiful if they said truly what they say. But they who compose them do not attach their full meaning to the…"

— Henri Barbusse

Literature1910–1939

#leadership

"Jurek was a ubiquitous person, in all ways sociable, he constantly acquainted people with one another and liked to be in the center of attention. He was extroverted, he felt best in company, which he …"

— Jerzy Vetulani

Science1976–2006

#humor

"The list of accusations against the White Helmets from all areas they occupied alongside the US Coalition extremist factions is a comprehensive one. So, the question must be raised – why do NATO-align…"

— Vanessa Beeley

Social Activism1964

#Human Nature