#human being

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's. ↗

— Olin Miller

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Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#behave #beings #creatures #human #human beings

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#becoming #beings #between #capable #constituted

Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#aware #being #blind #color #differences

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. ↗

— Christopher Morley

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Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. ↗

— George Orwell

#always #beings #demand #get #human

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. ↗

— George Orwell

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To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. ↗

— George Orwell

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When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. ↗

— George Orwell

#comes #heroic #human #human beings #pinch

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. ↗

— George Orwell

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