George Gissing Quotes
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
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If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
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Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
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'Narcos' was a very strong experience, not only artistically and politically, but as a human being.
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I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
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Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.
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Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.
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All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity.
