- 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
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical reordering of American foreign policy.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil.
- Nov 07, 2020
After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.
- Needs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that they are called upon to do the managing.
- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020
A few of the world's most famous non-American novelists have large followings in the United States, among them Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Guenter Grass, who were both popular even before winning the Nobel.
- Dazzling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dreams look real, but they're in your mind, so you realize that the physical world is also a construction, which shows that the mind can affect reality in more ways than you can imagine.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world.
- Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front.
- Common Denominator
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't society use sports as a way to bring people together and create change?
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a different accent but has a totally different view of the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020