Humans Quotes
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Humans - a renewable resource.
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To god what is God's, to Caesar what is Caesar's. To humans - what?
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There is something about the human condition. I don't think dogs are like "If only I was a poodle instead of a golden retriever, I'd be totally happy." Dogs are happy with who they are.
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Memetics appears to have a lot of implications that we humans are machines, which people have never liked. Of course we're machines, we're biological machines. But people don't like that. Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes. People don't like that. My view is that if these things are true it doesn't matter if we like them or not.
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If we can connect in some tiny way with a human that doesn't agree with us, then maybe we won't blow up the planet.
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We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as human creatures.
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Jesus did not have human blood: He was born of the virgin Mary with the divine blood of His Father.
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The human imagination, which is our great glory, has grown so powerful that we can barely unleash it on the surface of the planet.
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Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.
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My favorite single line from the Quran is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that we may come to know one another, in the sense that diversity is holy and it was created by God. What we humans are meant to do with that diversity is engage in positive interaction with each other and come to know one another because knowledge is holy and pluralism or positive engagement is holy.
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I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.
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It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable.
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What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into concepts.
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I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.
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Living only in the present isn’t freedom. Living only in the present isn’t even human if you think about it. Humans, unlike any other animal on the planet, remember the past. We understand our nature. And we try to build on both of them. We are an aspirational species; we look to the future.
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Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.
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Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive.
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One of the things I like best about animals in the wild is that they're always off on some errand. They have appointments to keep. It's only we humans who wonder what we're here for.
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It is not insignificant that my first apprehension of the love of God was granted in an experience with my father. Nor is it generally uncommon that God is apprehended in experience. Nor, in fact, can the divine and human meeting happen any other way. God is not a God of the pulpit, though the pulpit proclaim him. He is a God in and of the histories of humankind. What is significant is that I should have to say so.
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I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.
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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.
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We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right.
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An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
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I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.
