- Mercedes
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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
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite things about being the host of 'The School of Greatness' is that I get to learn from the best minds in the world about stuff I am fascinated by.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.
- Nov 07, 2020
The fact you have to pay 50p to use the loo in some places is the root of the world's issues.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's a song that might deviate from an artists' usual sound or even if it's still very much in their world, I think the more people opening themselves up creatively to collaborate with others, the better.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
In today's world, access to the Internet is inarguably critical to function in informal and formal spaces - and the costs to digital segregation are rising.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was cool to play an African princess who's the smartest in the whole world. That never happens. So I hope all the young girls can feel smart, too.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might like to go into book publishing.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Which is the healthier kind of literary diversity: an un-gate-kept self-published book world, run substantially through Amazon? Or our current book world, which is part-gate-kept, part-not, with many different publishers and retailers and platforms? I'm not smart enough to figure it out, but if I had to guess I'd guess the latter.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020