#hum

To reject the word is to reject the human search. ↗

— Max Lerner

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Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb! ↗

— Courtney Love

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The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity. ↗

— Richard Lugar

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I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

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Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#clear #dark #falls #history #humanity

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. ↗

— John Madden

#be humble #class #humble #losers #something

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#freedom #glorious #human #never #reign

The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen and what is chosen by the individual. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

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