When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways. ~Ansel Elgort
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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