- Meaning
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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
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't think in depression that you've put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a husband; I have a life; I have friends who I've met through this. It's who I am.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a little kid in the late 1960s, I was afraid of the world. Even if I didn't get caught in the draft that was sending American teenagers to Vietnam, there was always the possibility of a Soviet nuclear attack. I made constant escape plans and imagined a life going from port to port.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nowadays, people often ask me when I came out, generalising from the experience of many young people who announce themselves to the world on a particular afternoon. But I did not divorce my reticence in a single sharp break. Rather, I seeped out like a spreading wine stain.
- Executive Producer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many times and places in history in our world that I just don't know anything about, and when I learn about them they're always fascinating.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War. His thoughts on leadership and duty have helped me as England captain.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the cricket world, with a lot of little issues that people are getting in a tizz around, I'm just like: Don't worry about it.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you think about the practical difficulties of having a relationship with somebody on the other side of the world, it defies all logic.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still remember my quote from the 2007 World Cup, when I said scoring two threes was as good as hitting a six. That was me trying to justify what you couldn't. To me, and this was before I became director of cricket, we just couldn't do that again.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a Conservative in the late 1980s because I could see that the Conservative party had transformed Britain's economy and our standing in the world compared to Labour in the 1980s.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
As part of the E.U., my children can have the freedom and the opportunity to work and live across Europe; to be ambitious in the world's largest market; and to access so much of the history, the culture and the opportunity which is our common European heritage.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I was lucky enough to know when I was very young. And you're the luckiest person in the world if you can then make a living out of it.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't written a score that's going to change the Western world or the musical as we presently know it.
- Bag
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States has the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, which does not leave much room to maneuver. But it also offers investors the greatest access to information and the ability to execute trades quickly and efficiently. So it is a mixed bag of opportunity.
- Dempsey
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- Nov 07, 2020