- Confidence
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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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Documentaries shouldn't just reflect the world: they should try and explain why reality is like it is.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
At its heart, 'South Park' has a touching faith in human beings: that despite their absurdities and flaws, people have the capacity to create a better world.
- Nov 07, 2020
One of the main functions of politicians - and journalists - is to simplify the world for us.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always thought that pandas, in evolutionary terms, are the most sophisticated animals in the world. They cannot look after themselves; they are useless at reproducing. But to compensate, they have managed to persuade the most advanced creatures on the planet - human beings - to care for their every need.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The latest rule is: you cannot have protectionism - otherwise you will get a world war. Other rules say you cannot have collective ideas that involve the surrender of the individual to the group - otherwise, you get totalitarianism or, even worse, religion.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to change people's opinions to my political opinion; I want to enlighten people and make them think about the world differently.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best comedy enlightens, informs, and changes the way people look at the world.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider myself to be doing comedy in a post-Jon Stewart world to a certain extent.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved 'Beakman's World' growing up. As much as I loved 'Bill Nye,' I always preferred 'Beakman's World' because I thought it was funnier.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up as a comedian the most influential person on me was Jon Stewart. He showed that comedy could have a real tangible effect on the world. He showed that comedy could move the needle of society and that a comic can do real things and make a real contribution.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not an educator and I'm not a journalist. I am a comedian. But I do truly believe that the point of comedy is to make the world around one better.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
At any point, the sum total of human knowledge is not, 'Here's the world as it is perfectly,' it's, 'Here's the best we know so far and we're always willing to be proven wrong.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my moments of greatest hubris, I say to myself, 'Yes, you should be trying to change the world.'
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020