- 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
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What artists are doing, and what people who are receiving the arts are doing, is entering into this agreement to occupy a parallel world. The parallel world is ever-expanding. We used to think that it existed only for people who were wealthy, well-born, or educated. It isn't like that.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I want to be the best in the world; I want to play against big teams and against big stars.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
What am I missing to be the best in the world? Honestly, nothing in terms of quality, just consistency, and that's not arrogance.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started my blog, it was really this one goal - I said, 'I am not going to be famous to the world, but I could be famous to people on the Internet.' And I set a goal. I said, 'I'm going to win an award,' because I had never won an award in my entire life.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft involved in storytelling, and it's a different kind of craft. But yes, someday I will do that. It just might be awhile.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't know who the actors were going to be. Now you're going to 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse,' and I could write specifically to them in my mind. So it becomes a more comfortable world.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020