- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Endured
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The world's wealthiest failed state,' as it has come to be known, Belgium endured 589 days without a functioning elected government between June 2010 and December 2011 and remains a dysfunctional, linguistically divided waxworks of one federal and five regional-cultural parliaments.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
When one's greatest 'world stage' ambition is a non-voting seat on the U.N. Security Council five years down the road, one would not want to say anything to hurt the feelings of the veto holders in Moscow or Beijing. We get it. But let's at least be honest about all this, please. Enough of the 'Canada is back' slogans already.
- Nov 07, 2020
It was Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez who benefited most from the World Social Forum's enthusiasms.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an intellectual and moral vacuity that has crippled what the World Social Forum's founders sincerely hoped would produce some sort of democratic alternative to what they saw as the heartless corporate model of globalization.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020