- Land
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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
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't pay attention to the outside world when I'm incarcerated, because being in prison is like being in a different world. So I don't pay attention to what's going on outside of jail, because it's all beyond my control.
- Front
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,' I toured all over the world. These movies I have coming out - 'Ride Along,' 'Grudge Match,' 'About Last Night,' 'Think Like a Man Too' - are putting me in a position to become universal on an even bigger scale.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started looking all over for vineyard sites. I studied the conditions that make the best pinots. In the New World, you have to find the great pieces of land. Cool climate counts, but distinctive soil matters more than anything.
- Phone Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just in a professional world, sometimes a phone call is definitely more meaningful than a text.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you look at how the sports world is changing, you have to figure out how to become different than everyone else.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?
- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, we find ourselves as conservatives being angry when we should be joyful, finding ourselves being negative when we should be positive, because we have a positive message to send... We ought to be the most compassionate people in the world.
- Efficiency
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.
- Clean Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.
- Clean Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020