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People will inevitably associate me with my father, but I would not have anyone believe that I am trading on the name Edison.
I would rather have you know me merely as the result of one of my father'...
People will laugh at you, but let not that prevent you.
People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.
-- Wilbur N. Nesbi...
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution in France, Vol. iii, p. 274...
People will persist in joining things. -- The Motorcycle Boy
People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit.
People will say "Watch your step" to you only after you have taken a vicious fall.
People will swim through shit if you put a few bob in it. -- Peter Selle
People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Circle...
People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

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