"The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word."

-- J. Irwin Miller

#Humanity Quotes #Calling Quotes #Humans Quotes

“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”

Source : "Death of Baron De Kalb" by Benjamin Franklin Ells, 1849.
“Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.”
“To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I'm passionate about food!”
“For me, life without literature is inconceivable. I think that Don Quixote in a physical sense never existed, but Don Quixote exists more than anybody who existed in 1605. Much more. There's nobody who can compete with Don Quixote or with Hamlet. So in the end we have the reality of the book as the reality of the world and the reality of history.”
“I'm not sure what gave me empathy for animals, but I do know that I have always loved animals since I was a very young child. I always felt a need to nurture and protect them. Perhaps I could see they needed that, and caring for them made me happy.”

Source : "Alison Eastwood: Growing up in Hollywood, keeping grounded, and helping animals in need". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.”

Source : Epidemics bk. 1, ch. 11
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
“There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.”

Source : "After the elephant dung: Chris Ofili". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2010.

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