- Good Things
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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
- Deemed
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- Nov 07, 2020
History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.
- London
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- Nov 07, 2020
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dumber the thing is, the more excitement I get from imagining a very complex world of truth around it.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need my 'art work' or 'entertainment work' or whatever to have empathy for or connection to the way I experience the world as a person.
- Fragmentation
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I make music I try to be as honest as I can to how I experience the world. Like how you arrange a piece of music formally. I tend to observe a lot of chaos or whatever, the fragmentation and melancholy. That's the filter I synthesize my world view with. If I didn't formally have that chaos and it was really linear, it would make my skin crawl.
- Detour
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I wanted to write films and make films. Even as I took this detour and stayed in the music world, I still think in terms of 'What is in this room? What is the shot? Who are the characters? What is the conversation here?' My sense of pacing is very filmlike, it's not musical.
- Commune
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- Nov 07, 2020
My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We deserve to live in a world where there's no impunity, but beyond this question of impunity, there are all these structures that are actually doing a disservice to our people.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to use AI to make the world a better place. To help scientists. To help us communicate more effectively with machines and collaborate with them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020