- 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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I keep going back to, and what keeps me going, is trying to do good in whatever little spot of the world we can influence, no matter how small.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to join Stripe and run 'Increment' was a pretty easy one for me: It was an opportunity to be impactful, to collect and share best practices from the most effective engineering teams in the world. 'Increment' is a step toward flattening the distance between the Silicon Valley elite and developers everywhere.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go about in the world - free, busy, happy. Among people, I have no time to think of myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people of this world are coated round and round with self-esteem, and they're afraid to admit any understanding of the things which aren't good.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have a fight - some an easy one, and some a big one, and if you have formed the idea that there is a kind of dividing line in the world, and that on the one side is the good, and on the other side the bad, why, all I can say is that you have a wrong notion of things.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What interests me more than dramatic heroics are the domestic things: How do people do laundry and find food when the world is about to end?
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Take male strategies for success in the world. If you've got all the advantages, if you're attractive and clever and all of that, you will generally go for very high quality females.
- Bravely
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you get to see the world, it changes you. You realise that there are all kinds of people out there.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020