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• The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

  George Orwell

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• Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is – Spirit!

  Buddy Ebsen

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  Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

  Henry Ward Beecher

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  Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.

  Albert Einstein

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• We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

  David Dewhurst

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• Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

  David Brin

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• In Hitchcock’s eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with.

  Bruce Dern

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• Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

  Iris Murdoch

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• Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

  Iris Murdoch

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• The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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• The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life’s major mysteries.

  Iris Murdoch

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• I’ve always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn’t be human.

  Iris DeMent

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• It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

  Ingrid Newkirk

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• I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up!

  Ingrid Bergman

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• Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

  Maurice Sendak

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• The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

  Indira Gandhi

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• I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

  Imogen Cunningham

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• I want to be the best. That’s just the human way.

  Junior Seau

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• Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

  Immanuel Kant

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• People drive everywhere in L.A., so you get very little human interaction… but N.Y. and Chicago are like London… L.A. lacks the social interaction.

  Seal

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