George Gissing Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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'Narcos' was a very strong experience, not only artistically and politically, but as a human being.
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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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The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not.
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So long as there is a human being who does not know Jesus Christ, I am his debtor to serve him until he does.
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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
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A kiss may ruin a human life.
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There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we perhaps realize.
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Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.
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The only race I know is the human one.
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If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.
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Let's hope you feel better now.
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“I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on you.”
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Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.
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Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity.
