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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
- Nov 07, 2020
If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Monologues are self-verifying and self-referencing, a world in their own right, one with its own internal logic that strengthens with reiteration.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy. Indeed, when the United Nations was created in the wake of World War II, threats came almost exclusively from one state carrying out acts of aggression against another.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions, and all countries have a legal obligation to freeze its assets and prohibit its business dealings. But countries around the world need to do more to make these sanctions work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is a strange world, Oxford - quite claustrophobic. I was often glad I was only there for eight weeks at a time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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- Nov 07, 2020