- Day
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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
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
- Civilisation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature. A world of theatricality emerges around the act of love.
- Embraces
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is essential in love is what the French call 'amour fou.' What is that in English? Crazy love? That doesn't sound as beautiful. It's a total kind of love that not only embraces feelings, actions, but a kind of understanding of the world from the perspective of love.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.
- Record
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've set no world record.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
A World Cup in Brazil is the greatest event in which a footballer can play.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's tough to leave one of the greatest clubs in the world.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Latino kids should become scientists because we need scientists all over the world from all different backgrounds. We have many tough problems, and we need everybody's help to solve the problems.
- Fresh Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is every player's dream to play at a world tournament.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that my first appearance at a World Cup will be marked with a positive outcome.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020