Humanity Quotes - Page 28

• I value men and I don't necessarily want to adopt the man's role, but I do want to see women's humanity honored and respected.

  Kola Boof

  Men, Roles, Want

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• I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you make art with strangers. You give a reading. You move somewhere new and try to build a life. You grapple with humanity.

  Laurel Nakadate

  Art, Moving, Reading

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Because of the inherent challenges of life on the earth, all of humanity is vulnerable. This is all the more reason to seek the kingdom of heaven within and find the peace that leads to understanding.

  Mike Love

  Heaven, Understanding, Challenges

  "Mike Love of the Beach Boys". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• On a personal level, I would like my loved ones to know that I have always done the best that I could to demonstrate my love, and worked hard to provide them with a sense of security. On a more global level, I would like to see that my efforts, whether with the Beach Boys or as an individual, achieve as much benefit to humanity as possible during my lifetime. Peace and love!

  Mike Love

  Beach, Boys, Effort

  "Mike Love of the Beach Boys". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.

  Al Gore

  Challenges, Climate, Truth Is

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you're in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Doubt, May, Fields

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• It does not take much to imagine the humanity of people you don't know.

  Elliott Colla

  People, Doe, Imagine

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There are certainly times in history where power associates itself closely with fields that we would call the humanities, like rulers surrounding themselves with philosophers and poets, or playwrights. We do not live in that moment, and the best way to gauge the proximity of an academic field to power is by salary.

  Elliott Colla

  Salary, Gauges, Way

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.

  Hassan Blasim

  Blood, Talking, Essence

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Our modern world of old story is completely failing humanity. This is the reason that increasing numbers of people have become and are becoming disillusioned from politics. People don't like voting. Whoever you vote, government gets in. Whatever they promise, they never fulfill.

  Satish Kumar

  Government, Numbers, People

  "An Interview with Satish Kumar at the New Story Summit". Kosmos Interview, www.kosmosjournal.org. November 18, 2014.

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• There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about humanity's struggle, so there is no border, really.

  Lav Diaz

  Struggle, Borders, Cinema

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of it. This is our world.

  Lav Diaz

  Struggle, Mirrors, Our World

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at adapting to new environments in relatively short periods of time. The ancestors of Homo sapiens started leaving Africa over one million years ago, moving from warm, tropical climates into the freezing wilderness of Europe and the desert ecosystems of the Middle East.

  Annalee Newitz

  Moving, Years, Europe

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I try to be realistic and pragmatic. I have a lot of hope for humanity as a species, but obviously as individuals we can be extremely flawed. We may have to go through some very terrible times in the near future, even if we ultimately survive as Homo sapiens.

  Annalee Newitz

  Trying, May, Realistic

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The Illusionist is the storyteller in so many ways. Symbols become his obsession. It's not simply about creating plot - one must also grapple with theme. Nowadays we have a lot of characters and a lot of action but it's hard to sit still and really meditate on meaning, worldviews, concepts, ideologies even. I make my Illusionist do what I've had to do, often with copious amounts of stumbling and frustration. His real humanity comes from being an artist, I think - his creativity is what makes him a man.

  Porochista Khakpour

  Real, Creativity, Character

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Ultimately, the question, "does it really matter?" is a question of humanity. If you're into the pursuit of fidelity, it's a really interesting question. Personally, I don't think digital sounds good, but that's just my own feeling.

  John Vanderslice

  Thinking, Interesting, Feelings

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My philosophy has always been to stand with all countries and all humanity.

  Lazarus of Bethany

  Country, Philosophy

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• When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, music-wise. I wasn't particularly motivated to write songs. But this level of humanity and spirit that I witnessed greatly impacted and so inspired me, so that I felt this sort of renewed vigor to write music. As far as how grounding it is, yeah, it's the ultimate amount of perspective.

  Thao Nguyen

  Wise, Song, Writing

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am in any way glorifying or simplifying prostitution. The reality of prostitutes around the world is so complex. I've tried to focus on the humanity.

  Maya Goded

  Reality, Focus, World

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I would be at home reading, because I felt so disconnected from humanity.

  Joel Stein

  Reading, Home, Would Be

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.

  eL Seed

  Art, People, Together

  Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 29, 2016.

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• Many messages are just thanking a stranger for a kindness...I love those ones, because I imagine everyone else reading them feels encouraged by such examples of humanity and generosity and tenderness. And if they encourage us to reach out to strangers more often, that's a good thing.

  Sophie Blackall

  Kindness, Reading, Generosity

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole set of assumptions, and one of the most potent assumptions is that the world should be seen in terms of its usefulness to the West, not humanity. This leads journalists to make a distinction between people who matter and people who don't matter.

  John Pilger

  Thinking, People, World

  Source: progressive.org

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• We poets don't tend to be certain a lot. Much of our art is made out of our own uncertainty. And there is a not-knowingness, I think, that leads us back to suffering humanity with a more compassionate vision than most of our politicians have.

  Sam Hamill

  Art, Thinking, Suffering

  Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

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• My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the practice of poetry, as does my Buddhist practice. Poetry is a very important element in the history of Buddhism in general and in Zen in particular. It was really Zen that motivated me to change the way I perceive the world.

  Sam Hamill

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Compassion

  Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

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