#human being

The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

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Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. ↗

— Sinclair Lewis

#endure #human #human being #humor #insults

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. ↗

— Malcolm X

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The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated. ↗

— Peter Malkin

#because #being #does #even #here

My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again. ↗

— Gabriel Mann

#again #alive #always #beings #college

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. ↗

— Rollo May

#faster #habit #human #human beings #ironic

I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit. ↗

— Yehudi Menuhin

#birthright #body #coordinates #every #human

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

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