“ It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. ”
- Hannah Arendt- Copy
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“ The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it. ”
- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner- Copy
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“ Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience. ”
- Johan Huizinga- Copy
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“ You dehumanize a man as much by returning him to nature - by making him one with rocks, vegetation, and animals - as by turning him into a machine. Both the natural and the mechanical are the opposite of that which is uniquely human. Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine… ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ An important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth… ”
- John Kenneth Galbraith- Copy
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“ Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak. ”
- Evelyn Waugh- Copy
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“ Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections? ”
- Elizabeth Janeway- Copy
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