La Motte - People

Famous quotes containing the word people:

“And so with homesickness in many ways
We sought however crudely to defeat
Our chance of being people newly born.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.”
—John Reed (1887–1920)

“The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff.”
—James Ellroy (b. 1948)