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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#because #god #human #i #like

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality. ↗

— George William Russell

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What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for. ↗

— John Russell

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Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see. ↗

— Kurt Russell

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You know that a given in life in human nature, is that at a sporting event, a baseball game, a football game, you never introduce a politician, is because he'll be booed. I don't care if he's the most beloved person in the world, its part of the game. ↗

— Mark Russell

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They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

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Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american idea #any #designed #done #economic

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being. ↗

— Winona Ryder

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