- Love
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
My belief is in the chaos of the world and that you have to find your peace within the chaos and that you still have to find some sort of mission.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in my early 20s when Estonia joined the E.U. For a kid who'd grown up in the Soviet Union, it seemed like my country had come of age. For a country that had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, it seemed like we were becoming part of the global community. It opened a whole new world of possibility.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is becoming more global. More than ever, people are proactively deciding where to live, where to study, where to work. Sometimes it's out of necessity, sometimes it's out of choice.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a global business, you need access to the best talent from around the world - fix this, everything else falls into place. Whether it's homegrown or imported, we don't mind where it comes from - we just want the best.
- Overcome
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're living in a world where international governance is failing to overcome borders, but technology is succeeding in removing them.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's most definitely a Davos bubble. You're in a small Alpine town that, for just four days in January, sees its population tripled with world leaders, CEOs, media, police, the army... and a whole bunch of people who aren't invited but just come to hang out.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we talk about technology changing the world, we often hear about how it makes our lives easier, more connected, safer, or even healthier. They're all things we can easily identify with. The Internet makes our lives easier; services like Skype and WhatsApp allows us to be more connected - the examples are endless.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing something that empowers people makes you realise how boring it would be to work for a place where the goal is just to make more money. It's much easier to get out of bed and look forward to 12 hours of work if you're making the world a better place.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020