Quotes 561 till 580 of 1426.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.
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In the face of a world where economic hardships often ground the best of the human spirit into the worst, love provided a pathway into hidden chambers of the spirit where nobility and compassion might be salvaged, resurrected, and made stronger.
The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003) -
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
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In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
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In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.
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In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
On War (1832) -
In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.
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In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.
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In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in. Within me is no disturbing interplay now, but only the steady currents of adaptation and of sympathy.
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Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!
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Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction.
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Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?
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Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
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It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
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It could be that the total scenario for human beings is an insoluble mystery until we die, followed by nothing at all.
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It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
The works of Disraeli the younger -
It has appeared that from the inevitable laws of our nature, some human beings must suffer from want. These are the unhappy persons who, in the great lottery of life, have drawn a blank.
An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) X, 29, 1-15
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