Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.
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Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.
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I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.
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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
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All humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternal aloneness.
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You humans, always eating. I'll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working." Myrnin set aside his book and walked into the back of the lab. "Don't use the same beaker you used for poisons!" Claire yelled after him. He waved a pale hand. "I mean it!
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For us humans, everything is permanent - until it changes, as we are immortal until we die.
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Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.
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It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.
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What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?
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Nationality is the creative power of human culture, culture is the creative power of nationality.
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This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.
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And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?
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There is life outside of human beings on planet Earth.
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The only bad thing is that Smallville is shot in Vancouver, and Michael and I live in L.A. So sometimes I feel like a Ping-Pong ball.
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I'm a human being. I'm not a piece of property. I'm not a consignment of goods.
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the poems to come are for you and for me and are not for mostpeople... you and i are human beings; mostpeople are snobs.
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I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.
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I'm also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, "All right . . . Things are definitely changing." I can see that.
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If you like strange, specific stuff - that's a nerd. Kanye West is a black nerd. He likes strange, specific stuff. If you go up to Kanye West and say, 'Hey, what are your favorite things?' He'll be like, 'Robots and teddy bears.' That's a nerd.
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The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.
