Stephen Dobyns Quotes
A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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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.
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I am passionate about human rights.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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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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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.
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I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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Always, in every human action, there are leaders.
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We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
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Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.
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My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.'
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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
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I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and have full room for acting.
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I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.
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But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
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The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black ex-slave alike.
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A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.
