- Looking
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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
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.
- Booming
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the cruise industry has come of age. And older people my age are attracted to the cruise ship industry. And they are booming right now, and all over the world they are booming. And I think they're for the golden oldies, and there are more and more of them around.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure whether Jeff Bezos is the greatest thing in the world coming along or if he may be the emperor with no clothes.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort.
- Blames
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the kind of writer who's able to block out the world around me. I'm mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our culture often blames and punishes the have-nots. I worry about our precarious economic and political climate.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020