People

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, Jews are known as "the Jewish people", European Gypsies comprise the bulk of "the Romani people", and Palestinian Arabs have started to be called "the Palestinian people".

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Famous quotes containing the word people:

    “...the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 32:6.

    “You know when there’s a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And the star gets the money because the people come to see the star, right? Well, I’m the star, and all of you are in the chorus.”
    —Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911–1956)

    “Trouble doesn’t seek people; people seek trouble.”
    —Chinese proverb.