“You were born as an ordinary human, but make sure you die as an extraordinary human”
Cornelius Keagon (1996) Liberian humanitarian aid worker
“Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.”
1990s, Inaugural celebration address (1994)
Context: Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends. Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.
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George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
It was to be in the first instance, in a considerable degree, a government of accommodation as well as a government of laws. Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness. Few, who are not philosophical spectators, can realize the difficult and delicate part, which a man in my situation had to act. All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external happiness of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it beyond the lustre, which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity.
1790s, Letter to Catharine Macaulay Graham (1790)
“I begin with movement... I believe that all human visual experiences are born from movement..”
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker
An unpublished manuscript 'Die Arbeit E. L. Kirchners' by E. L. Kirchner 1925–1926; as quoted in Kirchner and the Berlin street, ed. Deborah Wye, Moma, New York, 2008, p. 39
1920's
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
"Haggard Rides Again", in Time and Tide, Vol. XLI (3 September 1960)
“And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
As quoted in "Portrait of Mr. Papa" by Malcolm Cowley in LIFE magazine (10 January 1949)
Context: It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their children, and their children and grandchildren remember and, if it concerns books, they can read them. And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings.
