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The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.
Sergei Eisenstein
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
George Leigh Mallory
Tags: You Will Which
What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human heart, reciprocations of kindness and love, and all the nameless sympathies of our nature - these are the only objects worth being attached to.
William Godwin
Tags: Nature Our Love
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Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.


John Charles Polanyi
I mean, I could tell that I really had... a precious gift. And I'm so glad that I have followed through with it and really used that gift and nurtured it, honed it, made it sharp and tried to use it as a tool now to make music and to make a living for my family.
Ricky Skaggs
Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
Felix Adler
Tags: Most Too Human
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.


Plato
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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.


Henry Adams
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
Alfred Adler
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
Audre Lorde
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Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.
Sidney Hook
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Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.


Immanuel Kant
Tags: Always Your Them
I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
Chiang Kai-shek
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Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.
Havelock Ellis
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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl Nightingale
Tags: Time Work Family
We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights.
Lisa Kudrow
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
Beeban Kidron
I love telling stories, whether I'm the human instrument that helps tell that story, or I'm the man behind the curtain.
Ray McKinnon
Tags: Love Man I Love
Photography is, by its nature, exploitative. It's whether you use this process with a sense of responsibility or not. I feel that I do so. My conscience is clear.
Martin Parr
Tags: Nature You Feel
I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
Laurence Olivier