Human Quotes
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.
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The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.
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Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
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I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being.
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The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
