H. G. Wells Quotes

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

H. G. Wells

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• The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal.

  

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• Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.

  

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• The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.

  

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• A true man hates no one.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
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• I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

  

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• My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

  

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• I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

  

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• It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

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• Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man.

  

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• It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.

  

  Vera Farmiga
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• I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.

  

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• I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.

  

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• True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.

  

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• Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

  

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• I've always freelanced as an actor, and you always have to worry about the next paycheck. When I booked 'True Blood,' I promised myself I would take advantage of the fact that for the first time in my career, I could afford to turn down big money to go and do small, character-driven indies.

  

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• I think, in history, we often see a false representation of women. The men are always the successors and, supposedly, of their own merit, which I don't believe to be to true.

  

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• People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.

  

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• It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century.

  

  Daniel Libeskind
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• The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • True
  • Slavery
  • Unjust