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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, I write all day. Other days, I sit around thinking. Or I run around from one meeting to another, out in the world. It varies, and I like that.
- Good Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see religion as a storehouse of lots of really good ideas that a secular world should look at, raid, and learn from.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents become very good at not hearing the explicit words and listening instead to what the child means but doesn't yet know how to say: 'I'm lonely, in pain, frightened' - distress which then unfairly comes out as an attack on the safest, kindest, most reliable thing in the child's world: the parent.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money and prestige in a world obsessed by the achievements of science.
- Factors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology is just one of the factors affecting the world of work. Economics, demographics, sociological trends, and government policies are four other core influences reshaping labour markets and determining how we will work for years ahead.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the world we live in is so unpredictable, the ability to learn and to adapt to change is imperative, alongside creativity, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the developed world has shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and then to services, the number of jobs has always climbed.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine maintaining 70 brands in a digital world - it is a nonsense. It is better to focus on a fewer, more distinct brands.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never be able to lead the insane lifestyle I do, traveling all over the world, if I wasn't eating food that was simple and healthy.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in love with the markets of the world. It's a photograph of a city, a culture.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travel the world, and I can see in Toronto the cooking is very personal. These people cook with their hearts.
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- Nov 07, 2020