War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.
You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.
I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.
I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.
Human beings are incredibly slow, Cosmic Ordering is incredibly fast!
Now comes the hour to choose between being acceptable to others or being acceptable to one's own self, for we must kill our true selves off in order to survive.
Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.
All I did was offer to kill your dog, and the next thing I know I’m being judged.
What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.
To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
Being honest may not get you many friends but it'll always get you the right ones.
Everybody in the world wants to be understood and to have others appreciate them. Being different is scary. Solitude is pain and loneliness.
To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
Being human makes us one. Be uniquely ourselves makes us individual." - Nancy S. Mure, Author of Unidentical Twins
I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.
I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.
