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Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it's rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them.
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Heroism is active; genius, contemplative heroism. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
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Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
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How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.
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Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
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Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.
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Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.
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I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
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I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.
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I am more afraid of my own heart than the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope, Self.
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I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.
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I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.
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I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
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I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.
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I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
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I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is.
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