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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a theater guy and a filmmaker. So when my community was thrown up in the air by the gas industry, the way I could contribute was to do something in the film world. I never thought it would be a big deal at all.
- Fossil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our job as directors is to really give the audience a sense that all this exists in a universe somewhere. Even if it's a slightly more stylized or comedic world than we live in, it's still really important that it has an authenticity and integrity to it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eighty percent of the people in the world have no food safety net. When disaster strikes - the economy gets blown, people lose a job, floods, war, conflict, bad governance, all of those things - there is nothing to fall back on.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing my dad wake up super early when the sun wasn't even out and then coming home when the sun was set, he worked his tail off to provide for our family and did a great job. He's the most selfless man I know, and I think if I'm half the man he is, I'll be all right in this world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.
- Nuclear Weapons
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020