We could say that the human race is a great coauthorship in which we are collaborating with God and nature in the making of ourselves and one another. From this there is no escape. We may collaborate either well or poorly or we may refuse to collaborate, but even to refuse to collaborate is to exert an influence and to affect the quality of the product. This is only a way of saying that by ourselves we have no meaning and no dignity; by ourselves we are outside the human definition, outside our identity.
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MARY BERRY I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islan... MARY BERRY You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it... HALLE BERRY I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's li... HALLE BERRY Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the a... HALLE BERRY While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as ... HALLE BERRY If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all... HALLE BERRY Beauty is not just physical. HALLE BERRY I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mou... HALLE BERRY If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to m... HALLE BERRY My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. HALLE BERRY I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just f... HALLE BERRY I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. HALLE BERRY I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a... HALLE BERRY I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am.... HALLE BERRY You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love... HALLE BERRY Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a ... HALLE BERRY The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you... HALLE BERRY In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as ... HALLE BERRY I think it's always best to be who you are. HALLE BERRY I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a voi... HALLE BERRY Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No ... HALLE BERRY There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've ha... HALLE BERRY Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at ob... HALLE BERRY