- Me
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw an Emmy ad that AMC took out with all the 'Breaking Bad' nominees' photos, and there's my picture from the show. It's like World's Ugliest Man - I'm an automatic winner in that category.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. is supposed to be a beacon of hope to the world - the shining city on a hill where freedom is available to all and individual liberties are protected.
- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hezbollah poses a great threat to the world - and particularly to our great ally, Israel.
- Cycle
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- Nov 07, 2020
By cutting off Hezbollah's lifelines to international financing, we can break its cycle of violence around the world.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress is the world's oldest deliberative body in the world's oldest democracy. The result of that democracy, and the Constitution on which it rests, are America's laws.
- Good Stories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically, I see myself as a maker of things who knows how to support other makers of things. At the end of the day, I am just committed to helping put good stories out into the world in whatever role is appropriate and needed for that particular project.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none of the achievements or freedoms enjoyed in America would be possible without the price that has been paid for by our servicemen and women.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am of that '60s generation, and for people of my age, that phrase 'change the world' has a real resonance.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The entire trendy foodie world - food writing, food television, celebrated restaurants - is all about food for the rich. But the most important food issue is how to feed the poor or the hardworking middle class.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot about the early history of salt that isn't known, including who first used it and when or how it was discovered that it preserved food. We were sort of handed, in history, this world where everyone knew about salt. And it's not clear exactly how that developed.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is a big problem in Israel and the Arab world, but again, the problem isn't religion but political leaders who want to use the religion.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Havana, for all its smells, sweat, crumbling walls, isolation, and difficult history, is the most romantic city in the world.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have written a considerable amount - both fiction and nonfiction - about the Caribbean. My love for this part of the world is centered on a deep admiration for its people - a people who are both tough and romantic, dreamers and cynics, people who face a thousand defeats and are never defeated.
- Commute
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- Nov 07, 2020