“I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It's not easy to find those people all the time, but they're out there.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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“I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me.”

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“We live in a world where the truth is shattered, and most people run from it. They don’t want other people to see them inside and out. Me, I’m an open book. What you see is what you get. I try to be as real and as honest as possible, and I think people respect that.”

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“i find it easy to admire in trees what depresses me in people”

Marge Piercy (1936) American novelist and poet

“If you're telling me they're horrible people, horrible racist people, I would certainly apologize, if you'd like me to do that.”

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“It's so easy to fall in love — it's so easy to fall in love.
People tell me love is for fools,
So here I go breaking all of the rules.”

Buddy Holly (1936–1959) American singer-songwriter

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“When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!”

Agatha Christie book The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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“And now tell me, why is it that you use me words ""good people"" all the time? Do you call everyone that, or what?
- Everyone, - the prisoner replied. - There are no evil people in the world.”

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“There are so many people who tell me, “if I had a time machine and could prove that Jesus never rose from the dead”, with the admission that “I hope my faith and I are strong enough that I can keep on believing, even when my eyes tell me otherwise.” That’s make-believe! That’s lying to yourself. That’s the entirety of what religion is.”

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“I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It's not easy to find those people all the time, but they're out there.”

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