- Boy
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
- Bulwark
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can take the boy out of Philly but not the Philly out of the boy. It shapes my world view. It was a great place to grow up.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a friend who, after 25 years of marriage, found himself trying to date again, and it was completely different. Everything had changed, and he had to reacquaint himself. It was funny even talking to him about it. For someone who has been out of the loop, it's a different world.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first got started in the late '70s, early '80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just exciting to be able to see what someone around the world is eating in Sicily or Tokyo.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup Finals with their country.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
A burning ambition of mine is to take Scotland to a major tournament. It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup finals with their country.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a reason that male golfers don't compete against female golfers. They're in a league of their own, and it would end in tears. It's time to apply this logic to the online world.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the guy pushing a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. With negative interest rates throughout the world, it's the greatest opportunity to rebuild everything. Shipyards, ironworks, get them all jacked up. We're just going to throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks.
- Decision-Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyday decision-making around the world is constantly based on what came before us.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
With clear definitions and a taxonomy that illustrates their relationships, the Inventure Cycle defines the pathway from inspiration to implementation. This framework captures the skills, attitudes, and actions that are necessary to foster innovation and to bring breakthrough ideas to the world.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can self-censor ourselves for various reasons, but we can't live in a world where some person or some group decides what's offensive and what's not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020