Great nations are built by great people, not just successful people
But I know something else, too: bad people are rare. Good people are everywhere.
People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not nice at all.
In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.
People with looks are lovely. People with brains are witty. People with cash are wealthy. But people with God are truly happy.
I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
I love having debates with people when they are debates but some people, you just can't. Some people shouldn't be given the oxygen.
For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn't. I don't think it really is for most people anyway. Most people are not very happy.
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
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