- Knowledge
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anywhere in the world is a great gig if the people are pumped to hear some music.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.
- Direct Connection
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the secret of the world lies in the C major scale. The universe opens its doors when a major scale is played. There's stuff going on in a major scale that is a direct connection to divine, universal hugeness.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can magically alter your life if you believe hard enough and then take actual physical action in the world outside your brain to make it happen.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible.
- Centers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.
- Gardening
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- Nov 07, 2020
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a father, I want to give my daughter the world.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best organizations are filled with people who have a wealth of choices as to what work they choose to do. We need to give them every reason possible to solve the world's problems.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020