- Black
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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
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand blackness from the inside out. What my goal is, is to allow the world to see the humanity that I know personally to be the truth.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I do an impression of someone or when I am pretending to be someone else, something freaky happens: I feel the person I am mimicking behind my eyeballs. Their head is sitting perfectly inside mine, helping me project a false self out on to the world. And it's not always a choice.
- Idols
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn't seem to fit the mould of my idols.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no aspirations beyond middle school except to wrestle, no reason to go into high school. This world is all I've known since 15 years of age.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter?
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020