Mordecai Richler Quotes
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence.
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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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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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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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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
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I'm a human being, and I get sick.
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
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Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.
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History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.
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If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
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I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.
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When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
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I know no better way of waging the battle for Truth than arraying the facts face to face on either side and letting them fight it out.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don't belong to those groups or don't associate with those people.
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I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence.
