Quotes on People

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery.

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

It seems that, culturally, young people function more in groups. They know each other through digital media. All the young comedy people who work in TV are really used to working at the table with lots of writers around. They're comfortable in the group; they don't assert their own egos over everyone else.

There's always going to be people who don't understand or accept the united science, and I will just ignore them, as I'm only acting and communicating on the science.

I'm not saying that people should stop flying. I'm just saying it needs to be easier to be climate neutral.

For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis.

Acting was always the first love, but a lot of people want to be actors, and my goal was, 'Come hell or high water, I will be a part of this world, however I can.' So that just led me to throwing myself into every aspect of narrative storytelling I could.

People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We're clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven't reached true democracy yet.

It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves.

One's enemies are always talking about 'post-feminism.' It is a word invented by people who would like to do away with feminism.

I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the same kind of thing. If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.

In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.

It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.

My father was a misanthrope who slept all day and stayed up all night so that he wouldn't have to see people. He ran a business with a large staff but would go there at night and leave things for them to do during the day when he wasn't there.

When I interview people that want to work with us, I often disregard their resume, because a piece of paper, it doesn't tell me really who they are. I'm looking for honesty, vulnerability. I'm looking for strength, I'm looking for weakness. I'm looking also for someone that wants to learn and is excited about learning.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.