#human being

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for. ↗

— Saul Bellow

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

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If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

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In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. ↗

— David Brin

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I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

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People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. ↗

— Jim Carrey

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We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as themselves. ↗

— Jung Chang

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Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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