Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like?Naomi Shihab Nye
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
Sam Kean -
I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
Nathaniel Rich -
It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
Madeleine L'Engle -
I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
Lady Gaga -
I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
Iain Sinclair
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
Caitlin Moran -
As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
Yahya Jammeh -
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.
Cameron Diaz -
You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen.
Samantha Mathis -
Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
Fidel Castro
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
Said Musa -
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
U Thant -
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
Viktor E. Frankl -
I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
Kat Graham -
That's what is incredible about human beings, is the choice to keep going.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
Naomie Harris
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I've always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers.
Delia Sherman -
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston -
One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You have no concept or feeling of the passing of two or three hours' time. It's all kind of one present moment, which is a kind of a description of meditation.
Michael Emerson -
What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
Salma Hayek -
I'm not a Luddite completely; I believe in refrigerators to cool my martinis, and washing machines because I hate to see women smacking their laundry against a rock. When I hear about hardware, I think of pots and pans, and when I hear about software, I think of sheets and towels.
Studs Terkel -
I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like?
Naomi Shihab Nye