“I wanted to portray a newly democratized, enclosed society. I wanted to show how extraordinarily fluid people are in their embrace of other human beings.” PeopleHumansShowsWantedHuman BeingsEmbraceFluid Author:James Ellroy
“I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. In the '90s, it became kind of a hard and unwelcoming city in many ways. It became conservative, like the whole country.” PeopleMenWayHumansKindCountryHardWholeYoungHuman BeingsCitiesWonderfulNew YorkOrganizationConservativeNew YorkersGrown Man Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“George W.Bush can go and kill thousands of Iraqis every day. By making people believe they are the enemy, and not human beings any more. If evil has an address, a nationality, you can exterminate all of them. This is fascism.” PeopleIfsBelieveHumansEvilHuman BeingsEnemyAddressesFascismNationality Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers and musical theatre performers and tap dancers and orchestras and dog acts. You had to leave your home, be in the presence of other people, know how to behave, and enjoy the human being whose beating heart was in front of you.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHumansHeartHomeUsedEnjoyHuman BeingsWatchesKnow HowDogFrontsMusicalTheatreLocalsBehaveDancerPerformersBalletOrchestraBallet DancerMusical TheatreTap Dancers Author:Laura Benanti
“[America] doesn't have an emphasis anymore on original discovery. Everything is based on teaching and learning for tests. Memorizing what you are taught, not on actually making discoveries. People are being treated as herded cattle instead of as human beings capable of making original, creative discoveries.” PeopleHumansAmericaHuman BeingsCreativeTeachingTaughtCapableDiscoveryTestsOriginalsTreatedEmphasisCattleTeaching And LearningMemorizing Author:Kesha Rogers
“To hold the reader's attention, you have to bring the person who's reading the book inside the experience of the time: What was it like to have been alive then? What were these people like as human beings?” PeopleHumansPersonsHas BeensBookReadingHuman BeingsAttentionAliveReader Author:David McCullough
“I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.” PeopleHumansHandsCarePainHuman BeingsAnimalForgivingDuesWoundsBitesMinorsApologizingSurgeryBite Me Author:Bernie Siegel
“Perhaps we think that we won't find another human being inside that person. Perhaps we think that there are some people in this world who I can't ever communicate with, and so I'll just give up before I try. And how sad it is to think that we would give up on any other creature who's just like us.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingTryingHumansPersonsI CanHuman BeingsThis WorldCreaturesGiving UpCommunicateJust Give Up Author:Fred Rogers
“Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.” PeopleWorldHumansRealityUnderstandingHuman BeingsCircumstancesCreatingCapableVictimDomainUnfoldingParticipatingVictims Of Circumstance Author:Peter Senge
“I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I'm not a perfect human being. I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I've made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don't know if I've been a great role model myself.” PeopleIfsKnowsHumansHas BeensMadeSpeakSoundHuman BeingsPerfectMistakeRolesModelsNervousRole ModelsMy MistakesLearn From My MistakesGreat Role Models Author:Naomi Campbell